| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:48PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-09, 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*)". The Canadiana round in this game was a second Current Events round, so I won't be including it, except for a couple of questions for you to try for fun. With only 7 usable rounds, I'm going to do them in three sets -- Rounds 2-4 this time, then Rounds 7-8 and 9-10 paired as usual in the next two sets -- and of course your best 5 scores will be counted. I wrote one of these three rounds. * Game 7, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. She didn't say how she had done it, but what did Jodie Foster announce this week that she had done? 2. Why has a Nipomo, California, man started getting harassing phone calls complaining about the weather? * Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers In all applicable cases, anglicized versions of royal names were acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip). 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France that year? 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did Joan manage to get crowned? 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge to the would-be English king Charles II? 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848? 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is now Canada? 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British? 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at the end of World War I. 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at the beginning of World War II. 9. Before she was married to Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to which French king? 10. Mary Queen of Scots was married to which French king? * Game 7, Round 3 - Arts - Modern Masters: Drawings and Lithographs For each picture we will give you the title and date, and tell you the country where the artist was active (note, this is not always their country of birth). For each question, you name the artist. Of course, signatures have been removed. The first 7 artists, in questions #1-7, are better known for their paintings. 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/A.jpg "Bathers". Circa 1884, France. 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/B.jpg "Igor Stravinsky". 1920, France. 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/C.jpg "Self-Portrait with Demons". 1898, Belgium. 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/D.jpg "The Large Bathers". Circa 1898, France. 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/E.jpg "Solitude". 1917, Italy. 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/F.jpg "Sleeping Woman". 1921, Mexico. 7. (Not for the squeamish, this one.) http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/G.jpg "This is Worse". 1810-20, Spain. The next two artists, in questions #8-9, are best known for caricatures, collages, and illustrations. 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/H.jpg "Fit for Active Service". 1918, Germany. 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/I.jpg "Man Picking Wheat". Circa 1940, US. 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/J.jpg "Self-Portrait". 1924, Germany. This artist was known mostly for her drawings. The original handout included four decoys. Name these artists as well if you like, for fun, but for no points. 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/K.jpg 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/L.jpg 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/M.jpg 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/N.jpg * Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch This round is all about areas where water extends to fill a concavity in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing, but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas. 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay? 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their western side. Name *either* bay. 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern coast of what country? 4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between Canada and Greenland? 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of its coastline belong to? 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it. 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic coast that France and Spain border on? 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia? 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and such countries as Croatia? 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching? -- Mark Brader | Obviously an off by 1 error somewhere. You know Toronto | the kind, where you intend to put something simple msb@vex.net | like "while (1=0) {" and type "while (1=1) {" instead. --Stephen Perry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 08:39PM +0200 I failed to observe that there rounds. I saw the top of one entrant's answer slate, so I skip the first two questions (which I wouldn't have known anyway.) > * Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch > 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern > coast of what country? Australia > 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of > its coastline belong to? Russia > 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects > the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it. Yellow Sea > 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic > coast that France and Spain border on? Biscaya > 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse > what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia? Gulf of Aden > 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between > Italy and such countries as Croatia? Adriatic > 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching? Frisco Bay? |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 24 09:15PM +0200 >> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the >> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms? > Henry VI; Henry V I did not answer this question(*), because despite I know the year the claim was abandoned, I had no clue who was King at the time. But I know this much that was not any of these guys. (After all, there is a kind of a clue in the quesstion that they don't qualify.) (*) And nor did know any of the other, so I didn't enter at all. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 25 04:37AM -0700 On 5/23/21 12:15 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for > "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal > Alien" (1997). Sawyer > A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King > of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the > fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms? George III > A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England? Matilda > * D. Rejected Astronomical Names > D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later > called Uranus, what did he decide to call it? Georgium Sidus -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 04:29AM -0700 On 5/29/21 2:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when > cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when > the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process? vulcanization > and styrene catalyzed by sodium -- its name derives from two > of these materials, and is one of the """current""" trade names > for synthetic rubber in Germany. What is it? neoprene > a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement > for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have > far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it. nitrocellulose > in everything from lacquer to electrical insulation to billiard > balls; indeed, this material may be said to define the Art > Deco style. bakelite > 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene, > polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by > the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean? multiple > an opening with a particular cross-section (the die), and > a continuous shape is formed with a constant cross-section > similar to that of the orifice. extrusion > * Nomenclature > 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is > better known by what trade name? teflon > 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use > is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to > ski boots. What does PVC stand for? polyvinyl chloride > 9. Polymethyl methacrylate is a transparent, extremely hard > substance better known by what trade name? Acrylic > 10. Polystyrene with air injected is better known by what trade > name? Styrofoam > Bergman, the McGuffin proved to be hidden in a wine bottle -- > but *what* it was caused Hitchcock to attract attention from > the FBI. What was it? plans for an atomic bomb > 7. Since the story of "Lifeboat" (1944) takes place entirely > in the boat, Hitchcock could not play his usual walk-on role. > How did he manage to get himself into the movie? as a dead body ?? -- Dan Tilque |
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