| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 14 02:02AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-02, 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 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt): Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. What proposed British constitutional change did the Queen endorse this week? 2. What did the TTC suggest was the cause of a drop in transit ridership during the first six weeks of 1998? I did not write either of these rounds. * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Plate Tectonics 1. What ocean is surrounded by an area of igneous activity called the "Ring of Fire"? 2. What volcanic island rose above the sea off Iceland in 1963? 3. Sometimes small volcanic regions (a few hundred kilometers across) are found in the middle of a plate instead of at the edge of one -- two examples of such regions are the Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone National Park. What are such regions called? 4. What plate """does""" Toronto sit on? 5. Alfred Wegener proposed the hypothesis of continental drift in 1912. He suggested then that a supercontinent had once existed -- what did he call it? 6. When a plate begins to split apart, what feature appears? 7. A major African lake and a major Asian lake are both found in examples of an <answer 6> -- name either one. 8. A plate that lies mostly under the Pacific Ocean off Peru """is""" named for a well-known early culture of South America. What """is""" that name? 9. When two plates collide and one slides under the edge of the other, this is called what? 10. Canada drifts farther each year from England, the mother country, because of what mid-ocean process related to the motion of plates? * Game 6, Round 3 - History - Ancient and Other Scripts In all cases, give the name of the script. 1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/A.jpg This script was used in various forms to write many languages, not all of them related. 2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/B.jpg This one is found on the edges of stones scattered across Ireland. 3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/C.jpg This adaptation of the Greek alphabet was used in Egypt from the 4th to the 9th century and is still seen today (rarely). Its name matched the language it was used for. 4. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/D.jpg This variation on the Roman alphabet was widely used across Northern Europe. 5. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/E.jpg This script, found only in the Western Hemisphere, was """recently""" deciphered by about six people working cooperatively, after scholars in the field spent decades on the wrong track. 6. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/F.jpg This script records a language last spoken in Northern and Central Italy about 2,000 years ago; the Emperor Claudius could reputedly speak and read it. We can assign sound values to some of the letters, but little meaning can be drawn from the surviving inscriptions. Again, the script is called by the name of the language, which is...? 7. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/G.jpg Used by a famous seafaring people of the Mediterranean, this is the ancestor of many modern scripts. It is named for the people and their language. 8. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/H.jpg This script was deciphered in about 1954 by Michael Ventris. The language is actually Greek, even though he initially conjectured that it was <answer 6> -- what do we call the script? 9. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/I.jpg This script was found by archaeologists at a site called Mohenjo-daro, now in Pakistan. It has not yet been deciphered. It currently goes by what name? 10. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/K.jpg The Rosetta Stone records the same inscription in two languages, using three scripts. The bottom portion of the stone is in Greek, the top portion is in Egyptian hieroglyphics, and here is most of the middle section -- written in what script? -- Mark Brader "C was developed for the programmer Toronto (two of them, in fact)" msb@vex.net -- Alasdair Grant My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 14 10:18AM +0200 > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Plate Tectonics > 1. What ocean is surrounded by an area of igneous activity called > the "Ring of Fire"? Pacific > 2. What volcanic island rose above the sea off Iceland in 1963? Surtsey > 4. What plate """does""" Toronto sit on? North American > 5. Alfred Wegener proposed the hypothesis of continental drift > in 1912. He suggested then that a supercontinent had once > existed -- what did he call it? Pangea > 6. When a plate begins to split apart, what feature appears? Rift valleys > 7. A major African lake and a major Asian lake are both found in > examples of an <answer 6> -- name either one. Victoria Lake > 8. A plate that lies mostly under the Pacific Ocean off Peru > """is""" named for a well-known early culture of South America. > What """is""" that name? Nazca > 1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/A.jpg > This script was used in various forms to write many languages, > not all of them related. Cuneiform > 3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/C.jpg Coptic > 4. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/3/D.jpg > This variation on the Roman alphabet was widely used across > Northern Europe. Runes > """recently""" deciphered by about six people working > cooperatively, after scholars in the field spent decades > on the wrong track. Mayan > some of the letters, but little meaning can be drawn from the > surviving inscriptions. Again, the script is called by the > name of the language, which is...? Etruscan > Used by a famous seafaring people of the Mediterranean, this > is the ancestor of many modern scripts. It is named for the > people and their language. Phoenecian > This script was deciphered in about 1954 by Michael Ventris. > The language is actually Greek, even though he initially > conjectured that it was <answer 6> -- what do we call the script? Linear B > using three scripts. The bottom portion of the stone is in > Greek, the top portion is in Egyptian hieroglyphics, and here > is most of the middle section -- written in what script? Linear B |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 14 01:56AM -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 5 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner. Hearty congratulations, sir! > I wrote 6 questions in one of these rounds. Those were pairs A-C in the challenge round. The category-name theme there was my idea too. > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Sports Geography - Golf I will tag this as Sports in the score table. > uses""" what most early golf courses used to mark the holes on > one of its courses. Instead of marking the pins with flags, > what """does""" it have? Wicker baskets. (Still true.) See: http://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2013/06/tiger2.jpg > 2. The US Open and the US Amateur championships began in the same > year at Newport Golf Club in Newport, RI. Within 10 years, when? 1895 (accepting 1885-1905). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 2 for Pete. > 3. In 1997 the Canadian Open was played at the oldest golf course > in North America. Name the course or the city. Mt. Royal, Montreal. > 4. At which course """is""" the Canadian Open usually played? 1998 answer: Glen Abbey (in Oakville, ON). There is no 2021 answer since the tournament now circulates between different sites. > 5. The Firestone Golf & Country Club was a gift from the president > of Firestone to his employees. What US state """is""" the > course in? Ohio. (Akron. Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 6. The Masters """is""" played in which US state? Georgia. (Augusta. Still true.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 7. The world's most esteemed golf club is the Royal and Ancient. > Which Scottish town """is""" it in? St. Andrews. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 8. What """is""" the name of the oldest of the golf courses (as > opposed to clubs) to be found at <answer 7>? The Old Course. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 9. Why are there 18 holes in a round of golf? That's how many the Old Course has. Others copied it. > 10. The oldest golf course in the US """is""", not by coincidence, > also named <answer 7>. What *state* """is""" the club in? New York. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum. > Clerics of Where > Frolics of Who > * A. Statute of Westminster Yes, we did reuse both of these questions in Game 9 of the season we set in 2007, so you saw them in the newsgroup in October. > for most practical purposes, which was formally recognized > by Britain when they passed the Statute of Westminster -- > on December 11 of what year? 1931. 4 for Dan Tilque. > recognized the independence from British law of five other > Dominions, as they were collectively called. Name *any two* > of the five others (giving their names then or now). Australia, Irish Free State (Ireland), Newfoundland (& Labrador), New Zealand, (Union of) South Africa. 4 for everyone. > the official name is required, a longer and historically > more accurate form """is""" used. Officially, it """is""" > the State of Rhode Island *and what*? Providence Plantations. (Anything with "Providence" was sufficient.) 4 for everyone. More recently it was decided that "plantation" is a dirty word, and in November 2020 the commonly used version of the name became the official one. > one would speak of the Commonwealth of Kansas. All four > of these states were admitted to the US before 1830. > Name any *two*. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia. (Still true.) 4 for everyone. > time""" that a team *not from any of these three leagues* > participated in the Grey Cup playoffs? Or, name the team > (city or team name). 1954 (accepting 1949-59); Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (accepting "Kitchener" or "K-W"), of the ORFU. (Still true.) In those days amateur teams could still play against the professional IRFU and WIFU teams, and K-W was one of those. They lost 28-6 to Edmonton, who went on to beat Montreal for the Cup. The last Grey Cup *win* by a team not from the IRFU, WIFU, or CFL, and the last by an amateur team, was in 1944, when both professional leagues had suspended play due to the war, and the HMCS St. Hyacinthe - Donnacona Navy Combines team beat the Hamilton Flying Wildcats 7-6. > to the NHL. Within 5 years, when """was the last year""" > it was *won* by a non-NHL team? Or, again, name the team > (city or team name). 1925 (accepting 1920-30); Victoria Cougars, of the WHL. (Still true.) 2 for Joshua. Before this, NHL teams had won the Cup every year since the formation of the league in 1917, except the pandemic year of 1919 when there was no winner. In 1926 an NHL team won again, the WHL disbanded, and the NHL was granted exclusive control of the Cup. > * D. Clerics of Where > D1. By what title """is""" George Leonard Carey better known? 1998 answer: Archbishop of Canterbury. 2021 answer: Baron Carey (of Clifton). (He's still alive, and was made a life peer on his retirement in 2002.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. > D2. By what soubriquet was Menachem Schneerson better known? The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rabbi). 4 for Joshua. > E1. When Bill Clinton was running in the Democratic primary > in 1992, who claimed to have been his long-term mistress > and begged him only to acknowledge her? Gennifer Flowers. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > E2. What would-be Democratic presidential candidate was > photographed with his girlfriend on a yacht after daring > the media to dig up dirt on his love life? Gary Hart. 4 for everyone. The yacht was named the "Monkey Business". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Lit Sci Mis Can Lit Spo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 36 36 8 14 20 30 174 Dan Blum 12 31 40 20 12 8 20 20 143 Dan Tilque 8 4 40 16 20 4 8 20 112 Pete Gayde 20 4 -- -- 6 4 18 20 72 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 36 12 0 4 4 16 72 -- Mark Brader / This country is planted thick with laws from coast to Toronto / coast. Man's laws, not God's. And if you cut them down msb@vex.net/ ... do you really think you could stand upright in the / winds that would blow then? --Bolt, A Man for All Seasons My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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