| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 05 01:03AM -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*)". This Final had both an audio and a video round, so I'm only able to post 7 rounds of it here. This set will consist of Rounds 4 and 7; Rounds 8 and 9 will be in the next set, and then I'll post Round 10, with 18 questions, singly. Of this set, I wrote two triples in Round 4 and one in Round 7. ** Final, Round 4 - Arts and Literature * Name All Four 1. Name all four Teletubbies, in the TV series of that name. 2. Name all four houses of Hogwarts, in the Harry Potter books and movies. 3. Name all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in the TV series of that name. * Commemorations Please refer to the handouts (in the original game, we used actual money). 4. Name the composer whose name we have covered over: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b1.gif 5. Name the scientist whose name we have covered over: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b2.jpg 6. Again there are two people on this bill: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/b3.jpg But this time neither one is the Queen. They both were journalists and poets; the woman was also a social reformer, teacher, and novelist; the man was also a lawyer, but is probably most famous for writing a single song. Name *either* person. * Shakespeare's Geography Shakespeare doesn't always show a precise knowledge of geography. Sometimes his characters don't either. Here are three passages containing either geographical ignorance or arguments about geography. In each case name the Shakespeare play. (In the original game, we performed the bits.) 7. This tragicomedy, or so-called "dark comedy", is one of Shakespeare's last plays. It opens in "Sicilia". King Leontes suspects his wife of infidelity and sends messengers to Apollo's oracle at a place that Shakespeare calls "Delphos" to find out. Before the messengers return, the king sends Antigonus into exile in Bohemia carrying the king's disowned infant daughter. Scene 3 is set as follows: Bohemia. The sea-coast. Enter Antigonus with a child, and a Mariner. ANTIGONUS: Thou art perfect then our ship hath touched upon The deserts of Bohemia? MARINER: Ay, my lord, and fear We have landed in ill time; the skies look grimly. .............................................. Besides, this place is famous for the creatures Of prey that keep upon it. Remember, name the play in each case. 8. Near the start of this history, the Archbishop of Canterbury is speaking to his young king. He is outlining a tempting dynastic claim based on disputed geography, and he intends to persuade the king to go to war against France. KING: My learnèd lord, we pray you to proceed, And justly and religiously unfold Why the Law Salique, that they have in France, Or should or should not bar us in our claim. CANTERBURY: There is no bar To make against your highness' claim to France But this, which they produce from Pharamond, ........................................ "No woman shall succeed in Salique land": Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze To be the realm of France ................ ........................................... Yet their own authors faithfully affirm That the land Salique is in Germany, Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe ...... 9. In this rather severe comedy, another very late play, Gonzalo, Sebastian, Adrian, and Antonio, who is the usurping Duke of Milan, spend most of their time wandering around lost. But in this scene they find the time to argue about historical geography: GONZALO: Methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the King's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis. ADRIAN: Tunis was never grac'd before with such a paragon to their queen. GONZALO: Not since widow Dido's time. ........................................... ADRIAN: "Widow Dido" said you? You make me study of that. She was of Carthage, not of Tunis. GONZALO: This Tunis, sir, was Carthage. ADRIAN: Carthage? GONZALO: I assure you, Carthage. ANTONIO: His word is more than the miraculous harp. SEBASTIAN: He hath rais'd the wall and houses too. ANTONIO: What impossible matter will he make easy next? SEBASTIAN: I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple. * Scientific Quotes In each case, *name the scientist* who said the following. 10. This was said by a physicist and mathematician in the 17th century: "I do not know what I may appear to the world. But to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." 11. This was said by a philosopher who had also written on mathematics, in the 20th century: "Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true." 12. This 20th/21st century physicist and professor of mathematics said that he had been given the following piece of advice: "Each equation in the book would halve the sales." * Exceptional Paintings 13. On this handout you are shown six paintings: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e1.pdf Five were painted by artists born in the same *country*. Give the *number of the exception*. 14. On this handout you are shown six paintings: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e2.pdf Five were painted by the same *artist*. Give the *number of the exception*. 15. On this handout you are shown six paintings: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/4/e3.pdf Five were painted in the same *century*. Give the *number of the exception*. ** Final, Round 7 - Sports and Leisure * Hobbies In this triple we'll give you a list of items associated with a hobby, and you must name the hobby. 1. Secateurs; vermiculite; Bacillus thuringiensis; red wigglers. 2. Mounting kit; plastic eyes; display panel; tanning oil. 3. Scroll frame; canvas; yarn; magnifier. * Blue Jays Firsts 4. Who was the first Blue Jay to win the Cy Young Award, in 1996? 5. Who was the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, with a .363 average in 1993? 6. In 1986, two Blue Jays won the team's first Gold Glove awards. Name *either* player. * Fashion, and more specifically, Shoes 7. An oxford shoe is one in which the vamp (that is, the upper part covering the instep) is sewn over the quarters, or the rear part covering the heel and sides of the foot. Got that? Now, name the shoe that's a variation on an oxford, having parts of it decorated with perforations and perhaps serrations. 8. What kind of shoe does not cover the heel and is characterized by a strap passing from the forepart round the hollow of the ankle, sometimes secured by a buckle? 9. What is the generic term for a woman's slipper or shoe that is held on the foot by the forepart only? It is often decorated, and may or may not be open-toed. * Team Name Etymologies In each case we need the applicable connections to be made explicitly: if we asked about the Toronto Argonauts, you'd need to mention both the mythological ship and the fact that the team started as a rowing club. 10. There's a basketball team called the Los Angeles Lakers. Why "Lakers"? 11. There's a baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why "Dodgers"? 12. There's a hockey team called the New York Rangers. Why "Rangers"? * Hockey Referees' Signals Please observe the referee (these were performed live at the original game) and name the infraction indicated by each signal: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/of/7/e.jpg (*Note*: These images and descriptions were taken from an NHL rule book in 2020. I don't think anything here's changed significantly since 2003 anyway.) 13. Name the infraction. 14. Name the infraction. 15. Name the infraction. -- Mark Brader | "...he entertained the notion that I was cribbing from Toronto | other [students' exams] until it was pointed out that msb@vex.net | I often had the only correct answer..." --Lars Eighner My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 05 12:36AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4L6dnZks3d8zTKD9nZ2dnUU7- > 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. 35, 40; 35, 50 > 5. Atlanta. 75, 30; 75, 65 > 6. Boston. 90, 95 > 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. London > 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. New York > 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. Monte Cassino > 11. The spectacular setting of the monastery in picture #1 should > be clue enough. It is situated just off the coast of which > country? France > 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. Skellig Michael > * So You Think You're Smarter than George W. Bush > Given the country, name the president. > 13. Egypt. Sissi; Morsi > 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". Hume > 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". Schopenhauer > Nephew", and pornographic novels? Catherine the Great was an > admirer of his, but he *doesn't* show up in the "Philosophers' > Drinking Song". Diderot > 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? United Fruit Company > 8. In which country did Violeta Chamorro succeed a well-known > revolutionary as president? Nicaragua > 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. Soccer War > (Saddam """has""" his own face put onto portraits of this man.) > He appears in European literature as a chivalrous knight. > Name him. Saladin > 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? Mongol hordes > 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? John Lennon > 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. desaparacidos -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 05 12:59AM -0600 Mark Brader: > 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. Those were, of course, questions #4-9 of Round 2. > * Canadian City Nicknames > Name the city, given the nickname. > 1. City of Champions. Edmonton. > 2. City of Gardens. Victoria. 4 for Dan Blum. > 3. Gateway to the West. Winnipeg. 4 for Dan Tilque. > * The Interstate Highway System By the way, this was the only triple in the original game where none of the 15 players in the Final knew any of the answers. Or at least, none of the 5 on each team knew the answer to the question that went to their team. > 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. Generally speaking, the odd-numbered routes run N-S with higher numbers in the east of the country, and the even-numbered routes run E-W with higher numbers in the north. (3-digit numbers have different rules.) There are a few exceptions for various reasons. A few 2-digit numbers (and many 3-digit numbers) are reused in different parts of the country. > 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. 25, 70, 76. (Still true.) > 5. Atlanta. 20, 75, 85. (Still true.) > 6. Boston. 90, 93, 95. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 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. Washington. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. The cars indicate stations with parking lots. > 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. Paris. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. The thicker lines are the RER system. > 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. New York. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. Subway lines from Manhattan run generally northeast to the Bronx, southeast to Queens, and south to Brooklyn; Staten Island, to the southwest, is unserved. > 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. Montecassino. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 11. The spectacular setting of the monastery in picture #1 should > be clue enough. It is situated just off the coast of which > country? France. (Mont St-Michel.) 4 for everyone. > 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. Skellig Michael. The first word means "Rock". 4 for Joshua. > * So You Think You're Smarter than George W. Bush > Given the country, name the president. > 13. Egypt. 2003 answer: Hosni Mubarak. 2021 answer: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. 4 for Erland (the hard way). 3 for Joshua. > 14. Brazil. 2003 answer: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. ("Lula" was sufficient.) 2021 answer: Jair Bolsonaro, 4 for Erland (the hard way), Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 15. South Africa. 2003 answer: Thabo Mbeki. 2021 answer: Cyril Ramaphosa. 4 for Dan Blum. 2 for Erland. > 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". David Hume. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 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". Immanuel Kant. 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. > Nephew", and pornographic novels? Catherine the Great was an > admirer of his, but he *doesn't* show up in the "Philosophers' > Drinking Song". Denis Diderot. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > * Canadian Commemorative Coins > 4. The 1949 Canadian silver dollar depicted a sailing ship. > Name the ship or its captain. The Matthew; John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto). > 5. The 1964 Canadian silver dollar bore the names of two cities > along with the figures "1864" and "1964". Name *either* city. Charlottetown, PE; Quebec, QC. (The two cities where the conferences in 1864 that led to the confederation of Canada in 1867 were held.) > 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. Canada goose ("goose" was sufficient), Alex Colville. > 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? United Fruit Co. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > 8. In which country did Violeta Chamorro succeed a well-known > revolutionary as president? Nicaragua. (Daniel Ortega.) 4 for everyone. > 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. The Soccer War (La Guerra del Fútbol). 4 for everyone. > the al-Rashid Hotel. Give the full name of the Iraqi leader, > mentioned in the Arabian Nights, that the hotel """is""" > named after. Haroun al-Rashid (Caliph of Baghdad in the 8th century). (The hotel is still there.) 4 for Dan Blum. > (Saddam """has""" his own face put onto portraits of this man.) > He appears in European literature as a chivalrous knight. > Name him. Saladin (or Salah ed-Din or Salah ul-Din). 4 for everyone. > 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? "Mongols" or "Golden Horde". 4 for everyone. > 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? Stationing of cruise missiles / nuclear weapons there and at other air bases. 4 for Dan Blum. > 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? John Lennon. 4 for Erland and Joshua. > 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. The "disappeared", or in Spanish "desaparecidos" (in Argentina). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo His Dan Blum 32 41 73 Joshua Kreitzer 23 36 59 Dan Tilque 32 20 52 Erland Sommarskog 22 28 50 -- Mark Brader | "This man must be very ignorant, for he answers Toronto | every question he is asked." -- Voltaire msb@vex.net | "'I resemble that remark!'" -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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