| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 01 11:42PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23, 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 the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Larry Harris and William Leavitt, two American microbiologists, were arrested near Las Vegas this week and charged with possession of what? 2. Who was the long-time baseball broadcaster who died this week at the age of 78? I did not write either of these rounds. * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Saturday Night Live" Characters For each question, you will be given a list of four or five characters from "Saturday Night Live". Name the cast member who """played""" all of those characters. 1. The Richmeister, k.d. lang, Soon-Yi Previn, Weed Guy. 2. Doug Whiner, Andy Rooney, Pokey, Jerry Lewis. 3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling. 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan the She-Male, Saddam Hussein. 5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold. 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues, Bob Widette. 8. Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Whoopi Goldberg, Queen Shenequa, Zoraida the NBC page. 9. Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Marla Maples, Sinéad O'Connor, Candy Sweeney. 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People, Simon, Mick Jagger. * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Italian Literature 1. Name the Marxist satirical playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature """last year""". His play "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" has been performed in English. 2. Another Marxist writer -- a novelist, essayist, and poet -- was better known as a film director. His films included "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales". Who? 3. What political and historical writer also wrote a comic play titled "The Mandragola"? Shakespeare knew about his political writings, but probably didn't know his play. 4. Dante imagined himself taken through hell by two guides, one representing theology and the other literature. The first guide was the woman he loved, Beatrice, who showed him into Heaven. The second guide couldn't get into Heaven because he was not a Christian. Name him. 5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died in 1936. 6. An Italian poet and intellectual of the Renaissance lived much of his life in Avignon, France, where he wrote poems to a woman named Laura. His name is associated with a type of sonnet. Who was he? 7. Boccaccio's collection of satirical and bawdy tales, "The Decameron", is contained in a fictional "frame story". The frame story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence? 8. The writer and painter Carlo Levi published an autobiographical book in 1945 called "Christ Stopped at Eboli", describing the years he had to spend in a godforsaken southern Italian village. Why was he living in Eboli? 9. Name the author of magic-realism novels who died in 1985 and whose works include "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler", "Mr. Palomar", "Invisible Cities", and a collection of Italian fables. 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The Name of the Rose"? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is what customers do: they invent everything msb@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 01 11:40PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 4 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has squeaked out a win. Hearty congratulations, eh? > I probably wrote 6 questions in one of these rounds. Those were pairs A, B, and E in the challenge round. > of mature T-lymphocytes, which are essential to the body's > immune system. One hormone it secretes is thymopoietin > ["thy-mo-POY-et-in"]. Thymus. 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. Name gland #2. It secretes the hormone melatonin, whose > secretion increases in the absence of light and which has > a role in the development of the gonads. Pineal. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. Name gland #7 (the bigger one with a group of smaller glands, > #8, behind it). Two hormones it secretes help regulate the > body's rate of metabolism. Thyroid. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete. > 4. Name gland #11. The hormones it secretes play a major role in > the body's storage and utilization of carbohydrates. Pancreas. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > medical *Latin* word, e.g. "femur" rather than "thighbone". > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/9/ske.jpg > 5. Bone A. Humerus. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Bone B. Radius. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. > 7. Bone C. (This is roughly triangular and is separate from D.) Sacrum. (Not pelvis, a group of bones that it's part of.) > 8. Bone H. Fibula. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 9. Bone J. (The irregularly shaped bone with teeth attached to it.) Maxilla. > 10. Bone L. Scapula. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > So there were 7 decoys in each set. If you like -- for fun, but > for no points -- decode the rot13 to see more information and to > identify most of them Sadly, nobody tried these. Do you all not like fun? > at all, and most people don't have all of the ones that are shown. > Name these: > 11. Adrenal. Glands #10. > 12. Parathyroid. Glands #8. > 13. Hypothalamus. Gland #3. > 14. Pituitary. Gland #5. > 15. Ovary. Glands #13 in females. > 16. Testis. Glands #14 in males. > and some bones are labeled on only one of the two diagrams. > Give the letters for these, though: > 17. Patella. Bone M. > 18. Femur. Bone F. > 19. Pubis. Bone E. > 20. Tibia. Bone G. > 21. Ilium. Bone D. > 22. Mandible. Bone K. > 23. Talus. Bone I. > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Morse Code > A1. What is the Morse Code representation of the letter A? ".-" (dot-dash, dit-dah). 4 for Dan Tilque. > A2. What consonant is represented in Morse Code by "...." (four > dots)? H. > Yorkville ................. 22 Yorkville > B1. The facilities on List 1 """are""" located in the old City > of Toronto. What are they? Community centers ("recreation centers" or "swimming pools" was acceptable). It's actually Allan Lamport Stadium, because that's how the man's name was spelled. "Old city", of course, refers to the city limits before the "Megacity" amalgamation of 1998. > B2. The facilities on List 2 """are""" located in the old City > of Toronto. What are they? (Public) libraries. > * C. Ex-Jays > C1. Dave Collins and Alfredo Griffin were traded by the Jays > for what pitcher in 1984? Bill Caudill. > C2. What Jays infielder, who was often platooned with Garth > Iorg ("Orj"), led all American League third basemen in > fielding percentage in 1984? Rance Mulliniks. > * D. Shakespearean O's > D1. What Shakespearean character said, "O, damn her! Damn her! > O! I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me!"? Othello. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > D2. What Shakespearean character said, "O, what a noble mind > is here o'erthrown!"? Ophelia. 4 for Dan Blum. > E1. What US statesman, between 1803 and 1848, served as a US > senator, secretary of state, president, and congressman, > in that order? John Quincy Adams. (Not John Adams, his father, so the middle name or initial was required.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > Thursday. Now, from Friday: name the European city where > Goethe and Nietzsche died, and a republic and a breed of > dog were born. Weimar (Germany; the weimaraner). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Can Lit Ent Mis Lit Sci Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 17 18 24 28 20 36 24 12 150 Dan Blum 2 11 28 20 28 30 22 16 144 Dan Tilque 0 24 4 8 12 28 12 16 100 Pete Gayde 16 11 26 36 -- -- 10 0 99 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 12 -- -- 24 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Remember that computers are very, msb@vex.net very fast..." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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