| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:51PM -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*)". I wrote one of these rounds and may have contributed to the other. * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics Hey, it isn't rocket science. (We already had that in Game 3, remember?) This round contains several questions that refer to words that appeared in answers to earlier questions, although not always the immediately preceding questions. I'm going to take the simplest route to spoiler protection and post the entire round in rot13 except for the first question. Please decode questions #2-10 *one at a time* in turn as you have finished with the respective preceding ones. My apologies for any inconvenience. Oh yes. I think there are one or more questions where it might actually be possible to get the answer *before* decoding them. If you know the subject and want to show off, feel free to try it and tell us that you did. You will not be given extra points, though. And if, after decoding the question, you realized that you guessed wrong as to what it was asking, then just say so ("Without decoding -- Julia Roberts! Oops, not the question I was anticipating."): your first answer will be ignored, and you still get the usual one or two guesses after that, for the usual 4, 3, or 2 points. 1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both* particles. 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg. 3. Gur ahzore bs cebgbaf va na ngbz qrgrezvarf jung ryrzrag vg'f na ngbz bs: sbe rknzcyr, 6 cebgbaf zrnaf pneoba. Ohg pneoba ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13, naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq? 4. Jung grez vf hfrq sbe gur qvivfvba bs na ngbzvp ahpyrhf vagb gjb fznyyre ahpyrv bs fvzvyne fvmr, naq creuncf nyfb n srj bgure cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr. 5. Cnegvpyr culfvpf rkcrevzragf bsgra vaibyir nppryrengvat inevbhf cnegvpyrf gb sbez n ornz gung vf nvzrq ng fbzr gnetrg. Gur svefg tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq? 6. Vg unf orra rfgnoyvfurq gbqnl gung obgu cebgbaf naq arhgebaf npg yvxr nffrzoyvrf bs guerr cnegvpyrf rnpu, nygubhtu gurfr vaqvivqhny pbafgvghrag cnegvpyrf unir abg orra qrgrpgrq qverpgyl naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr". Jung vf vg? 7. Guvf jbeq, pbvarq va nobhg 1936, ersreerq ng gung gvzr gb cnegvpyrf urnivre guna ryrpgebaf ohg yvtugre guna cebgbaf, naq jnf pbafrdhragyl qrevirq sebz n ebbg zrnavat "zvqqyr". Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex. Jung vf gur jbeq? 8. Gur arhgeba jnf gur svefg arhgeny fhongbzvp cnegvpyr qvfpbirerq, ohg abg gur svefg cerqvpgrq. Va 1931 Jbystnat Cnhyv cerqvpgrq n yvggyr arhgeny cnegvpyr, gb juvpu Raevpb Srezv tnir n anzr jvgu gung zrnavat. Vgf znff """vf""" rvgure mreb be gbb fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg. 9. Nyzbfg rirel fhongbzvp cnegvpyr unf vgf pbeerfcbaqvat nagv-cnegvpyr. Hfhnyyl gurfr ner anzrq va rkgerzryl cebfnvp snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba. Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr? 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf jung cebqhpg? *Note*: ONLY AFTER you are finished answering the round, please decode this final bit of rot13: Ba gur ynfg dhrfgvba, vs lbh fnvq nalguvat gb gur rssrpg bs "gurl qrfgebl rnpu bgure" be "zhghny naavuvyngvba", guvf vf pbeerpg ohg vg qbrf abg fnl jung vf cebqhprq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq punatr lbhe nafjre gb fnl jung vf *cebqhprq*. * Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word names. 1. What """is""" Donovan's surname? 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known? 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress Marie Lawrie known? 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what name do we know him? 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous? 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better known by what name? 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice in 1576? 8. What was Cher's surname at birth? 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an additional surname, but what was his original name? 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Just to be clear, pythons msb@vex.net do not have feet." --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 05 05:02AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-MednabmOODIuQ_9nZ2dnUU7- > atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric > charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both* > particles. proton and electron > 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf > cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur > fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg. neutron > ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13, > naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur > fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq? isotopes > cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf > ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb > vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr. fission > tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq > anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba > bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq? cyclotron > naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl > Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr". > Jung vf vg? quarks > Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva > cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex. > Jung vf gur jbeq? mesons > fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl > cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg > pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg. neutrino > snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba. > Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb > xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr? lepton > 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf > jung cebqhpg? energy > These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word > names. > 1. What """is""" Donovan's surname? Leitch > 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known? Voltaire > 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress > Marie Lawrie known? Lulu > 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what > name do we know him? Nostradamus > 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous? Pele > 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better > known by what name? Boz > 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice > in 1576? Titian > 8. What was Cher's surname at birth? Sarkisian > 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an > additional surname, but what was his original name? Josip Broz > 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby? Twiggy -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:48PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried these. > 1. Larry Harris and William Leavitt, two American microbiologists, > were arrested near Las Vegas this week and charged with > possession of what? Anthrax bacteria. > 2. Who was the long-time baseball broadcaster who died this week > at the age of 78? Harry Caray. > 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. I've assumed, without checking, that while some of the same characters may have been played by other people since 1998, there are no cases where the complete list of characters in a question were. If an answer of yours was scored wrong but you think it's correct as of 2021, please post a protest. > 1. The Richmeister, k.d. lang, Soon-Yi Previn, Weed Guy. Rob Schneider. > 2. Doug Whiner, Andy Rooney, Pokey, Jerry Lewis. Joe Piscopo. 4 for Pete. > 3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling. Melanie Hutsell. > 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan > the She-Male, Saddam Hussein. Phil Hartman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Mary Gross. 4 for Joshua. > 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General > Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold. Chris Farley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues, > Bob Widette. Dan Aykroyd. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 of them spelled Aykroyd correctly. > 8. Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Whoopi Goldberg, Queen Shenequa, Zoraida > the NBC page. Ellen Cleghorne. > 9. Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Marla Maples, Sinéad O'Connor, > Candy Sweeney. Jan Hooks. > 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People, > Simon, Mick Jagger. Mike Myers. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 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. Dario Fo. 4 for Joshua. > was better known as a film director. His films included "The > Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales". > Who? Pier Paolo Pasolini. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > 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. Niccolo Machiavelli. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 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. Vergilius or Vergil or Virgil. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six > Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died > in 1936. Luigi Pirandello. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 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? Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 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? The Black Death (Plague). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 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? He was exiled there by Mussolini as an anti-fascist. The original guideline was that "any reference to exile" was sufficient. This is not the same as hiding from the government -- it means the authorities had caught him and required him to move. > and whose works include "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler", > "Mr. Palomar", "Invisible Cities", and a collection of Italian > fables. Italo Calvino. 4 for Dan Blum. > 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote > "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The > Name of the Rose"? Umberto Eco. (He died in 2016.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Lit Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 52 Dan Blum 12 31 43 Pete Gayde 20 4 24 Dan Tilque 8 4 12 -- Mark Brader "You can do this in a number of ways. Toronto IBM chose to do all of them... msb@vex.net why do you find that funny?" --D. Taylor My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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