| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 01 11:48PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07, 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*)". In this set, I wrote two triples in one round. ** Final, Round 2 - Geography * Canadian City Nicknames Name the city, given the nickname. 1. City of Champions. 2. City of Gardens. 3. Gateway to the West. * The Interstate Highway System The Interstate highway system in the US is numbered systematically. One of the rules is that 3-digit numbers are for branch or loop highways in an urban area, while numbers with 1 or 2 digits are for longer-distance routes. These questions are about highways with 1- or 2-digit numbers, and the cities where they meet. Specifically, these are cities that """are""" served by *exactly three* Interstates with 1- or 2-digit numbers; each of those highways either """enters""" the city or """passes""" just outside it. And in each case you must give *any two* of the three numbers. 4. Denver. 5. Atlanta. 6. Boston. * Subways, Metros, Undergrounds, U-Bahns, or T-Banas For each question in this triple, we have taken a """recent""" map of a city's subway system (whatever they call it) and removed not only all the station labels and other text, but also all geographical clues such as shorelines and rivers. In each case you must name the city. Warning, these are diagrammatic maps and none of them is to scale. 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/2/c1.gif> Each of the little car symbols was beside a station name before we erased the names. Name the city. 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/2/c2.gif> Note that this map has thick and thin lines; on some other editions of it, the difference would have been more obvious. The actual subway system is shown by the thin lines, while the thick ones show a related service. Name the city. 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/2/c3.gif> Each of the little wheelchair symbols was beside a station name before we erased the names. Name the city. * Monasteries These questions pertain to the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/2/d.pdf 10. Pictures #2 and #5 show different views of the same Italian monastery, which was founded in 529, and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt four times, most recently following a 1944 World War II battle. Name the monastery. 11. The spectacular setting of the monastery in picture #1 should be clue enough. It is situated just off the coast of which country? 12. The monastery in pictures #3 and #4 is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, probably founded in the 7th or 8th century. The first picture shows the monks' cells; the second one shows their precipitous location about 8 miles off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It's named -- at least partly -- for the same celestial being as the monastery in the previous question. Name it. * So You Think You're Smarter than George W. Bush Given the country, name the president. 13. Egypt. 14. Brazil. 15. South Africa. ** Final, Round 3 - History * Enlightenment Thinkers from Scotland, Germany, and France 1. This Scotsman was an empirical philosopher and a proud agnostic who wrote a sceptical essay called "On Miracles". He also wrote long books on human nature and understanding -- and he makes an appearance in Monty Python's "Philosophers' Drinking Song". 2. This German philosopher wrote a pamphlet titled "What is Enlightenment?" He said that reading <answer 1> impelled him to formulate his philosophy. In huge tomes he attempted to reconcile empiricism with the human faculty of reason. He is also featured in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song". 3. Which writer of the French Enlightenment was responsible for writing and editing much of the Encyclopedia, and wrote plays such as "Jacques the Fatalist", dialogues such as "Rameau's Nephew", and pornographic novels? Catherine the Great was an admirer of his, but he *doesn't* show up in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song". * Canadian Commemorative Coins 4. The 1949 Canadian silver dollar depicted a sailing ship. Name the ship or its captain. 5. The 1964 Canadian silver dollar bore the names of two cities along with the figures "1864" and "1964". Name *either* city. 6. The 1967 Canadian Centennial silver dollar depicted what animal -- other than, of course, a human being? *Or*, alternatively, name the artist who designed the coin. * Central America 7. In 1954 Jacobo Arbenz, the president of Guatemala, was overthrown in a coup widely believed to have been engineered by the CIA. Arbenz had angered the US by attempting to nationalize some the holdings of which American corporation? 8. In which country did Violeta Chamorro succeed a well-known revolutionary as president? 9. In 1969 Honduras and El Salvador fought a war that lasted only about 100 hours. By what curious name is this war popularly known? It was named after another fractious event that the two countries were participating in at around the same time. * Iraq: Winners and Losers 10. Most of the journalists who """are""" sending us pictures and reports of the bombing of Baghdad """are""" staying at the al-Rashid Hotel. Give the full name of the Iraqi leader, mentioned in the Arabian Nights, that the hotel """is""" named after. 11. The most famous Kurdish hero """is""" also Saddam Hussein's hero, because he recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders. (Saddam """has""" his own face put onto portraits of this man.) He appears in European literature as a chivalrous knight. Name him. 12. Saddam Hussein """compares""" US troops to the invaders who destroyed Baghdad and murdered its population in 1258, on their way to invading Russia and Central Europe. According to CNN and the newspapers, Saddam """calls""" US troops the new -- what? * Protesters 13. A group of people in England known as The Women of Greenham Common set up a peace camp in 1981 and occupied it for 19 years. What sparked their protest? 14. Who returned his MBE (that is, Member of the British Empire) award to the Queen in 1969 to protest Biafra, Viet Nam, and declining sales of his new band's hit single? 15. Who were the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (who rallied daily in that square for years) concerned about? Give the name used for the people in question, not a description. -- Mark Brader "Things are getting too standard around here. Toronto Time to innovate!" msb@vex.net -- Ian Darwin and David Keldsen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 01 11:44PM -0600 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the history round. Game 10 is over and, if there are no errors, the winner is DAN BLUM by a margin of 4 points! Hearty congratulations! > events you have to be within 4 years; but for 11th-century events, > if there are any, you can be 12 years off. And similarly for > other centuries. Because of the special scoring, please do check your scores in case I got something wrong. > margin, then on those questions only, I will accept an answer within > double the margin (e.g. within 8 years for 19th-century events) > as "almost correct", scoring 1 point less than indicated above. There were no questions where this happened. > for the first time with a small fleet of steam warships, and > begin the negotiations that ended some 250 years of Japanese > isolationism? 1853 (or for no bonus, accepting 1849-57). 6 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua. > 2. Alexander the Great died at age 33, ending the largest empire > the world had yet known. In what year? 323 BC (297-349 BC). 6 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. 4 for Erland. > was held, in the original Crystal Palace, which had been erected > in its original Hyde Park location specifically for that purpose. > In what year? 1851 (1847-55). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > Luther was called before the Diet ["DEE-et"] of Worms ["VORMSS", > with "orm" as in "form"] and found himself outlawed as well > as excommunicated. When did this punishment happen? 1521 (1514-28). 6 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. 4 for Erland. > 5. What year did the Panama Canal open? 1914 (1911-17). 6 for Dan Blum. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. 2 for Joshua. > open completely? We want the year that the railway was opened > to the general public for travel over its full length, not the > Last Spike ceremony, which was the year before. 1886 (1882-90). 6 for Erland. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. 2 for Pete. > 7. When did King John of England sign the Magna Carta, thus > conceding that his royal power was not unlimited? 1215 (1205-25). 6 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. 4 for Erland. > 8. When did the US hold its first elections under the new Constitution > rather than the original Articles of Confederation? Accepting 1788 or 1789; see below. (For no bonus, 1787-94). 6 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. The Constitution was actually unconstitutional at that point under the Articles of Confederation, as the Articles required the consent of all 13 states to any changes, and this was not obtained until 1790. As to the date, I should have been more specific. It's usually given as 1789, but six of the states held a popular vote to choose their electors for the presidency, and this took place not on a single day but over an extended period in December 1788 and January 1789. > 9. Name the year when the Edict of Milan legalized Christianity > in the Roman Empire. It was sponsored by Constantine, who was > not yet the sole Emperor. 313 (294-332). 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 10. And finally, to fit the title of the round... name the year > when the British Empire skipped 11 days in September, abandoning > the Julian calendar in favor of the Gregorian. 1752 (1747-57). 6 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > A1. Composer Delores Claman, of "Hockey Night in Canada" fame, > co-wrote the score and famous theme song of what film shown > at the Ontario Pavilion? "A Place to Stand". > A2. What was the name of the inverted pyramid structure at the > Canada Pavilion? The name is an Inuktitut word for > "meeting place". Katimavik. > * B. Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix > B1. Name the track which hosted the inaugural Canadian Grand > Prix in 1967. Mosport Park. > B2. Who won the 1978 race, the first one held at what was > then Circuit Île Notre-Dame in Montreal? Give the *first > and last name*. Gilles Villeneuve (not his son Jacques). In 1982 the track was renamed after him. 3 for Pete. > * C. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" > C1. Who choreographed the original 1913 Paris production of > "The Rite of Spring"? Vaslav Nijinsky. 3 for Pete. > C2. The music opens with a famous solo for what woodwind > instrument, playing in its extreme upper range? Bassoon. 4 for Pete. > * D. Radio Hosts > D1. Name the former MuchMusic VJ who """hosts""" CBC Radio's > "Definitely Not the Opera". Sook-Yin Lee. (The show ended in 2016.) > D2. For 37 years, he was host of "The Jazz Scene" on CJRT, > """now""" known as JAZZ FM 91. Ted O'Reilly. (Still true.) > * E. Names of Canadian Capitals > E1. Iqaluit is Inuktitut for "place of..." what type of living > thing? Fish. 4 for Dan Tilque. > E2. Charlottetown was named for the wife of what monarch? King George III. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > * F. Weather Terminology > F1. State the name given to a line on a weather map or chart > connecting points of equal pressure. Isobar. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > F2. What is the Fujita scale, also called the Fujita-Pearson > scale, used to classify? Tornadoes. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Ent Sci Lei Can Lit His Cha SIX Dan Blum 16 20 15 27 4 38 44 8 160 Joshua Kreitzer 8 32 3 28 0 40 36 12 156 Pete Gayde 4 40 20 20 21 17 14 18 136 Dan Tilque 8 12 4 20 22 16 42 12 124 Erland Sommarskog 4 23 8 16 0 4 40 4 95 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Accuracy is many ways more important speed." msb@vex.net | --David Kleinecke My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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