| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 08 11:02PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-03-17, 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 9, Round 4 - Science - All Mixed Up We give you a list of four items in alphabetical order; you place them correctly in the order specified in the question. 1. Metric prefixes, smallest first: deca-, kilo-, micro-, nano-. 2. Minerals, softest first according to the Mohs hardness scale: calcite, corundum, quartz, talc. 3. Gestation periods, shortest first: black rhinoceros, lion, rabbit, zebra. 4. Wind speeds, slowest first according to the Beaufort scale: fresh breeze, light air, storm, strong gale. 5. Electromagnetic spectrum, lowest frequency first: AM radio, microwaves, visible light, X-rays. 6. Geologic time periods, earliest first: Cambrian, Cretaceous, Devonian, Jurassic. 7. Planets, smallest in diameter first: Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, Venus. 8. Human blood types (Rh positive and negative are combined), least common first: A, AB, B, O. 9. Bones in the human body, upward from ground level, when standing up straight with feet flat on the ground: femur, fibula, metatarsal, scapula. 10. Computer programming languages, earliest created first: BASIC, C, FORTRAN, Java. * Game 9, Round 6 - Literature - Literary Interrogations Literature is full of questions, many of them rhetorical. While it could be amusing to debate the answers to such questions as "Am I my brother's keeper?" your task this evening is to give the answers (or sometimes the questions) put forward by the authors of some well-known literary works. 1. "On this home by horror haunted -- tell me truly, I implore: Is there -- is there balm in Gilead? -- tell me -- tell me I implore!" The next line in the poem ends with the one-word answer to the question. What is this word? 2. According to John Donne, for whom does the bell toll? 3. Who killed Cock Robin? 4. Other than the narrator of the nursery rhyme, how many were going to St. Ives? 5. According to Christina Rosetti, "who has seen the wind?" There are two forms of the answer in the poem in question: give either one, exactly as she wrote it. 6. "God save thee, ancient mariner, from the fiends that plague thee thus! Why look'st thou so?" (You may provide the exact line explaining the subject's distress, or just paraphrase, but be sufficiently specific.) 7. John Keats asked: "Oh what can ail thee, knight at arms, alone and palely loitering?" Well, the real answer is that he's in love, but the title of the poem says who with. Name it. 8. This time we'll give you the answer, and you tell us the question, which happens to form most of the preceding line in the play. Exact answer required for full points. "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." 9. Again we're going to ask for the answer in the form of a question. This one has at least nine answers, by even a conservative reckoning. We'll give you three of them, and you tell us the question that was asked. "...freely, as men strive for right"; "...purely, as they turn from praise"; "...with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!" 10. In this case we want you to tell us not what the answer is, but where it can be found, according to the author. And the question is: "How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?" -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?" "I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 08 09:51PM -0800 On 2/8/21 9:02 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you a list of four items in alphabetical order; you place > them correctly in the order specified in the question. > 1. Metric prefixes, smallest first: deca-, kilo-, micro-, nano-. nano-, micro-, deca-, kilo- > 2. Minerals, softest first according to the Mohs hardness scale: > calcite, corundum, quartz, talc. calcite, talc, quartz, corundum > 3. Gestation periods, shortest first: black rhinoceros, lion, > rabbit, zebra. rabbit, lion, zebra, black rhino > 4. Wind speeds, slowest first according to the Beaufort scale: > fresh breeze, light air, storm, strong gale. light air, fresh breeze, strong gale, storm > 5. Electromagnetic spectrum, lowest frequency first: AM radio, > microwaves, visible light, X-rays. AM radio, microwaves, visible light, X-rays > 6. Geologic time periods, earliest first: Cambrian, Cretaceous, > Devonian, Jurassic. Cambrian, Devonian, Jurasic, Cretaceous > 7. Planets, smallest in diameter first: Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, > Venus. Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter > 8. Human blood types (Rh positive and negative are combined), > least common first: A, AB, B, O. O, AB, B, A > 9. Bones in the human body, upward from ground level, when standing > up straight with feet flat on the ground: femur, fibula, > metatarsal, scapula. metatarsal, fibula, femur, scapula > 10. Computer programming languages, earliest created first: BASIC, > C, FORTRAN, Java. FORTRAN, BASIC, C, Java > The next line in the poem ends with the one-word answer to > the question. What is this word? > 2. According to John Donne, for whom does the bell toll? it tolls for thee > thee thus! Why look'st thou so?" > (You may provide the exact line explaining the subject's > distress, or just paraphrase, but be sufficiently specific.) Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink > which happens to form most of the preceding line in the play. > Exact answer required for full points. > "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." What light through yonder window breaks? > but where it can be found, according to the author. And the > question is: > "How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?" The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 09 06:46AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:f9SdnYhjkt7uir_9nZ2dnUU7- > We give you a list of four items in alphabetical order; you place > them correctly in the order specified in the question. > 1. Metric prefixes, smallest first: deca-, kilo-, micro-, nano-. nano-, micro-, deca-, kilo > 2. Minerals, softest first according to the Mohs hardness scale: > calcite, corundum, quartz, talc. talc, calcite, quartz, corundum > 3. Gestation periods, shortest first: black rhinoceros, lion, > rabbit, zebra. rabbit, zebra, lion, black rhinoceros > 4. Wind speeds, slowest first according to the Beaufort scale: > fresh breeze, light air, storm, strong gale. light air, fresh breeze, strong gale, storm > 5. Electromagnetic spectrum, lowest frequency first: AM radio, > microwaves, visible light, X-rays. X-rays, microwaves, visible light, AM radio > 6. Geologic time periods, earliest first: Cambrian, Cretaceous, > Devonian, Jurassic. Devonian, Cambrian, Cretaceous, Jurassic > 7. Planets, smallest in diameter first: Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, > Venus. Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter > 8. Human blood types (Rh positive and negative are combined), > least common first: A, AB, B, O. AB, B, A, O > 9. Bones in the human body, upward from ground level, when standing > up straight with feet flat on the ground: femur, fibula, > metatarsal, scapula. metatarsal, femur, fibula, scapula > 10. Computer programming languages, earliest created first: BASIC, > C, FORTRAN, Java. FORTRAN, BASIC, C, Java > I implore!" > The next line in the poem ends with the one-word answer to > the question. What is this word? "Nevermore" > 2. According to John Donne, for whom does the bell toll? "for thee" > 4. Other than the narrator of the nursery rhyme, how many were > going to St. Ives? 0 > thee thus! Why look'st thou so?" > (You may provide the exact line explaining the subject's > distress, or just paraphrase, but be sufficiently specific.) he killed an albatross > which happens to form most of the preceding line in the play. > Exact answer required for full points. > "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." "What light through yonder window breaks?" > "...purely, as they turn from praise"; > "...with the breath, > Smiles, tears, of all my life!" "How do I love thee?" > but where it can be found, according to the author. And the > question is: > "How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?" "blowin' in the wind" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 08 11:01PM -0600 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I did not write these rounds. In fact, I did not write any part of this game. > I've sorted the round in order of the handout. There were 7 decoys, > which are now interspersed with the others. > 1. A. Tiger (with Alice; "The Brady Bunch"). 4 for Joshua. > 2. B (decoy) Marcel (with Rachel; "Friends"). > 3. C. Snowball II (or V, but anything with "Snowball" was acceptable). (With Homer; "The Simpsons"). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 4. D. Eddie ("Frasier", as you see). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. E (decoy) Dino ("The Flintstones"). Joshua and Pete got this. > 6. F. Murray (with cast of "Mad About You"). > 7. G. Scout (with Tonto; "The Lone Ranger"). 4 for Pete. > 8. H (decoy) Fang or Agent K13 (with agents 99 and 86; "Get Smart"). > 9. I (decoy) Santa's Little Helper ("The Simpsons"). Joshua and Pete got this. > 10. J. Salem (with Sabrina; "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 11. K (decoy) Buster (with Kevin; "The Wonder Years"). > 12. L. Spot (with Data; "Star Trek: The Next Generation"). 4 for Dan Blum. > 13. M. Astro or Tralfaz (with Elroy; "The Jetsons"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 14. N. Flipper (with Bud and Sandy; "Flipper"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 15. O (decoy) Fred (with Baretta; "Baretta"). Joshua got this. > 16. P. Happy (with cast of "7th Heaven"). > 17. Q (decoy) Tornado (with Zorro; "Zorro" (1957-59)). > assume the word "supposedly" as appropriate. > 1. If a girl peels an apple without breaking the peel, then throws > it over her left shoulder, what will be revealed to her? The initial or identity of her future husband or true love. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. What is foretold by a bird in the house? The death of someone in the household. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. When does a match bring bad luck? When used to light 3 cigarettes. 4 for Joshua and Pete. #If it's World War I and you're in the trenches, that might be a safety #rule rather than a superstition. At least it, yes, supposedly was. > 4. What superstition is associated with a hunchback? It's good luck to touch or rub his hump. > 5. How did 13 guests at dinner come to be considered unlucky? From the 13 diners at the Last Supper. One entrant specifically related this to the famous painting of the event; I've found no support for this on the web and have scored the answer is almost correct. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 6. What effect can be achieved by touching the father of a bastard, > sticking a snail on a thorn, or burying a bean? The removal of warts. > 7. Theatrical superstition has people saying "the Scottish play" > as a substitute for what? "Macbeth". 4 for everyone. > 8. Complete this warning: "Sing before breakfast..." "Cry before supper" or "weep before night" or anything similar. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. What is it said to mean if your ear tingles or burns? Someone is talking about you. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 10. What is said to be unlucky to everyone except people born > in October? An opal. When this was posted in 2008, one entrant answered with "claiming to have been born in October"; this time, he tried "having a birthday party in October"! Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Mis Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52 Dan Blum 24 24 48 Pete Gayde 12 20 32 Dan Tilque 8 12 20 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I conducted a Usenet poll ... on this subject ... msb@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 08 11:03PM -0600 Mark Brader: > related this to the famous painting of the event; I've found no > support for this on the web and have scored the answer is almost > correct. Sorry, that was in 2008. > 4 for everyone... This is correct this time. -- Mark Brader | "Unless developers are careful, good software Toronto | attracts so many improvements that it eventually msb@vex.net | rolls over and sinks..." --Ben & Peter Laurie |
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