| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 26 08:50PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-02, 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*)". * Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Which two computer manufacturers announced a possible merger this week? 2. Who was the MVP of last weekend's Super Bowl? I did not write either of these rounds. * Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Metabolism 1. Metabolic reactions are of two sorts. In catabolic reactions, energy is used to build complex molecules from simple molecules. What other kind of reaction *releases* energy in the course of *breaking down* complex molecules *into* simpler molecules? 2. Cellular chemical reactions are mediated or catalyzed by these special proteins. What are they called? 3. This molecule is the major carrier of biologically utilizable energy in all forms of living matter. Name the compound or its common abbreviation. 4. Yeasts and certain other microorganisms produce <answer 3> by an inefficient method, which creates as its waste products such compounds as lactic acid and alcohol. What is this process called? 5. Both plant and animal cells contain large numbers of one kind of structure that serves as the cell's powerhouse. They are the main site where energy is created by the breaking down of compounds into <answer 3>. What are they called? 6. In photosynthesis, plant cells use light energy in the production of <answer 3> and carbohydrates. This process occurs in structures that contain chlorophyll; what are they called? 7. This cycle is the terminal stage of the chemical processes by which living cells break down foodstuffs and obtain energy from them. Its reactions were first completely formulated in 1937. What is the cycle called? 8. When proteins are broken down to be used as energy-producing compounds, nitrogen must first be removed from them. In most fishes, amphibians, and mammals, its compounds are detoxified in the liver and the nitrogen is excreted in the urine as part of what substance? 9. One type of sugar is the main energy source for the body and the major free sugar circulating in the blood of the higher animals. One name for this sugar is dextrose. What is the other? 10. What is the term for neutral fats, the major components of storage fats in plant and animal cells, consisting of the alcohol glycerol linked to three molecules of fatty acids? * Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Sports - The Ben Johnson Story (Not Likely to be Made into a Major Motion Picture) 1. A Canadian runner and hurdler left Seoul, skipping one of his events, shortly after Ben Johnson's disqualification. Who is he? 2. After the Johnson scandal broke, the Canadian bronze medalist in the decathlon at Seoul was publicized as a drug-free hero. Name this athlete. 3. Who originally took 3rd place in the 100 m in the Seoul Olympics, behind Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? 4. Who was Johnson's sprinting coach in the Seoul Olympics? 5. Sprinter Angella Issajenko testified to the Dubin Inquiry that she often gave Ben Johnson steroids. Name the method she used. After you have finished answering this, decode the rot13: Lbh arrq gb fcrpvsl gur cneg bs uvf obql jurer fur qvq vg. Tb onpx vs arprffnel naq nqq gung vasbezngvba. 6. According to the testimony at the Dubin Inquiry, what role """does""" vinegar have in a """modern""" athletic conditioning program? 7. Name the medical doctor who prescribed drugs for Ben Johnson and his teammates. 8. What was Ben Johnson's disqualified winning time in the 100 m at the Seoul Olympics? 9. Name the steroid that the testing lab announced it had found in Ben Johnson's urine at Seoul. 10. The minister of amateur sport promised as soon as the drug results came in that Johnson would never again run for Canada. Name this minister. -- Mark Brader "I like to think of [this] as self-explanatory." Toronto "I hope *I* think of [it] that way." msb@vex.net -- Donald Westlake: "Trust Me On This" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 27 03:41AM > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Which two computer manufacturers announced a possible merger > this week? HP and Conpaq? > energy is used to build complex molecules from simple molecules. > What other kind of reaction *releases* energy in the course of > *breaking down* complex molecules *into* simpler molecules? anabolic > 2. Cellular chemical reactions are mediated or catalyzed by these > special proteins. What are they called? enzymes > 3. This molecule is the major carrier of biologically utilizable > energy in all forms of living matter. Name the compound or its > common abbreviation. ATP > an inefficient method, which creates as its waste products such > compounds as lactic acid and alcohol. What is this process > called? fermentation > structure that serves as the cell's powerhouse. They are the main > site where energy is created by the breaking down of compounds > into <answer 3>. What are they called? mitochondria > 6. In photosynthesis, plant cells use light energy in the production > of <answer 3> and carbohydrates. This process occurs in > structures that contain chlorophyll; what are they called? chloroplasts > which living cells break down foodstuffs and obtain energy from > them. Its reactions were first completely formulated in 1937. > What is the cycle called? Krebs > fishes, amphibians, and mammals, its compounds are detoxified > in the liver and the nitrogen is excreted in the urine as part > of what substance? ammonia > 9. One type of sugar is the main energy source for the body and the > major free sugar circulating in the blood of the higher animals. > One name for this sugar is dextrose. What is the other? glucose > 10. What is the term for neutral fats, the major components of > storage fats in plant and animal cells, consisting of the alcohol > glycerol linked to three molecules of fatty acids? triglycerides -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Mar 26 08:48PM -0500 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 1 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins by a healthy margin. Hearty congratulations, sir! > I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round. Those were the prizes round and pairs A and D in the challenge round. > in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the > largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel > Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine? 3. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland. When there are 3 shares, they can either be equal or else split ¼:¼:½. The same rule actually applies to the other three prizes as well, including the economics prize, which is not really a Nobel. But whereas it's frequent that the science prizes are shared, for the peace and literature prize it's not, and the literature prize has never been shared three ways. The only type of Nobel Prize that can be -- or, at least, ever has been -- awarded to an entire organization is the peace prize, but that organization then counts as one winner. > 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded? > The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't > Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen. 1901 (accepting 1891-1911). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won. > (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team > that played under that name in the 1920s.) 1998 answer: Chicago Blackhawks; 1961, when the name was spelled Black Hawks (accepting 1959-63); they next won in 2010. 2021 answer: Toronto Maple Leafs, 1967 (accepting 1965-69). 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland. 3 for Joshua. The New York Rangers were a good guess; after winning the Cup in 1940, they didn't win it again until 1994. But that win still makes them a wrong answer for either 1998 or 2021. > """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the > present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the > league in 1987.) The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are correct for both 1998 and 2021. Their last two wins were in 1986 and 1999, so I'm accepting 1984-88 or 1997-2001. > 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in > leading roles? Katharine Hepburn. (Both names required. Still correct in 2021.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. She won for 1932-33, 1967, 1968 (in a tie), and 1981. Meryl Streep was guessed; she has by far the most nominations in that category at 17, and a total of 21 counting supporting roles, vs. Hepburn's 12 nominations, all for leading roles. But Streep only has 3 wins, for a 1979 supporting role for 1979 and 1982 and 2011 leading roles. but has only won twice (for 1982 and 2011). > 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars, > counting only actual statuettes? Walt Disney. (Still correct in 2021.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. He won statuettes for special awards for 1931-32 and 1938; Best Two-Reel Short 5 times (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953); Best Animated Short 3 times (1942, 1953, and posthumously for 1968); Best Documentary Short twice (1953, 1955); Best Documentary Feature twice (1953, 1954); Best Live-Action Short once (1958); and his studio won Best Special Effects once (1954). His *other* 9 Oscar wins were all for Best Animated Short (1931-32, 1932-33, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941), but in those days that category only gave a certificate or plaque, not a statuette. I think this distinction may possibly not have been recognized in the official Oscars database until recently; when I previously posted this question it said "more than 20", and I remember checking it in mid-2020 and didn't see a problem with it then. I rechecked it after seeing "Jeopardy!" for 2021-02-11, when the "Final Jeopardy!" question was: THE FIRST TIME AN INDIVIDUAL WON 4 AWARDS AT A SINGLE CEREMONY WAS IN 1954 [i.e. for 1953], WHEN HIS WINS INCLUDED BEST 2-REEL SHORT SUBJECT The word HIS indicated what was being asked for here, and only one of the three players got it right. > 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from > the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it? The Hugo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given > a writer's first name. What is this name? The Edgar. (After Poe.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work > he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its > traditional name by doing so? Fermat's Last Theorem. (Anything with Fermat was sufficient, although there actually are other theorems named after him. Or you could just state the theorem: a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in integers with n > 2.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated > by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle, > or tell what was special about it. It was a human-powered airplane: the Gossamer Condor. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. The same same designers later won another Kremer Prize when the Gossamer Albatross, another human-powered plane, crossed the English Channel. > "The Electric Horseman" (1979) > "It Could Happen to You" (1994) > "The Lady Eve" (1941) Fonda (respectively: Peter, Jane, Bridget, Henry). 4 for Joshua. > "Sliver" (1993) > and of course we couldn't resist using > "The Usual Suspects" (1995) Baldwin (respectively: Daniel, Alec, William, Stephen). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete. > * B. Ras Tafari Terms > B1. What is "the holy piby"? Also called "the black man's Bible": sacred text of Rastafarianism. > B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the > rot13 for this one: What is "wisdomweed"? Marijuana or "ganga". 4 for everyone. > * C. Apple > C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name. > Name *either one*. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak. 4 for everyone. > C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all > time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during > the Super Bowl in 1984? Ridley Scott. 4 for Joshua. > * D. Me-TV Me-TV was, at that time or maybe a little bit earlier, the name of a Rogers Cable service package that included these two channels. > D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable > channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications, > """it's""" on 50. The Comedy Network. (Anything with "comedy" was sufficient.) (Still true for Rogers, but they bought the Shaw territory in Toronto years ago, and this year have bought Shaw completely -- or will have, if the government approves the merger.) > D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable > channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49. 1998 answer: WTBS, TBS, or Turner. 2021 answer (for Rogers): Turner's affiliate WPCH or Peachtree. > * E. Art by Any Other Name > E1. What is the more common name of the painting called > "La Gioconda"? Mona Lisa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > E2. What is the more common name of the painting called > "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"? "Whistler's Mother" or "Portrait of the Artist's Mother". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Ent Geo His Lit Mis Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 4 40 40 32 16 40 35 28 215 Dan Blum 9 32 27 12 30 40 28 20 177 Dan Tilque 20 4 36 35 16 40 20 16 167 Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 0 14 20 19 97 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 32 0 0 40 16 8 96 -- Mark Brader | "Next time I will proofread my before sending it out. ;-)" Toronto | --Kevin Rushforth msb@vex.net | "What? What!? Proofread your what??!!!" --Larry Smith My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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