- RQFTCI98 Game 9 Rounds 7-8: glafs, lyrics - 1 Update
- RQFTCI98 Game 9 Rounds 4,6 answers: Islam, CanOrgs - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 22 11:10PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-30, 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*)". I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 9, Round 7 - Geography - The Glafs Round This is a flags round with a difference: instead of identifying the flags, what you have to do is correct them. Unless we tell you otherwise, each flag on the handout has one major error, and that's what you have to find. You must specifically state which element on the flag is wrong (if it's a repeated element, each instance will be wrong the same way) and identify what is wrong with it. I previously wrote: | We should warn you that some of the images may be slightly off-shape | or off-color. We are *never* looking for an answer such as "the | rectangle's shape should be 1.9:1 instead of 2:1" or "Dundas station | is greenish yellow, not yellowish green." If the error you're | looking for is of those kinds, it will be more obvious than that. | | But these images were obtained from unofficial sources in the first | place, then (after editing) printed on a color printer in 1998, | then scanned back in from the printout... In 2021 the images are still unofficial ones, but this time around I've recreated the errors based on images from the *same* unofficial source, FOTW, which is pretty reliable as to colors and shapes, and there's been no printing or scanning. So I don't think issues like the above will arise. In every case you can assume that the top of the flag is to the top of the page, and the flagpole is on the left except as noted below. 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/A.gif This image is an incorrect version of the British flag, also called the Union Jack or Union Flag. What is wrong with it? 2. Please do not open this image until after you have finished with question #1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/B.gif That's because it includes a correct British flag in the top left corner. Now, the flags of Australia and New Zealand are similar to each other, but there are several differences between them. We constructed this image by combining elements of both. Clearly identify *any one* of the changes you would have to make if you wanted to "correct" this image into a correct flag of either country -- but *you must say which country*. 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/C.gif This image is an incorrect Saudi Arabian flag -- shown with the flagpole on the right, as is standard in that country. Don't worry about the Arabic writing; that part is correct (for its translation see Round 4 of this game, answer 1). What isn't? 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/D.gif How does this image differ from a correct flag of Israel? 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/E.gif How does this image differ from a correct flag of Nepal? 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/F.gif This image differs from a correct Canadian flag in two ways. Name *both* errors. 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/G.gif How does this image differ from a correct flag of Sweden? 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/H.gif How does this image differ from a correct flag of India? 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/I.gif The flag of Greece was changed """some years ago""" so that at least one color is darker than you may remember it. Nothing else was changed. How does this image differ from the Greek flag? 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/J.gif Finally, how does this image differ from a correct US flag? There were 6 decoys, three of them correct and three not, two of them not belonging to countries. Identify them (and their errors) if you like for fun, but for no points. 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/K.gif 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/L.gif 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/M.gif 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/N.gif 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/O.gif 16. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/7/P.gif * Game 9, Round 8 - Entertainment - Song Lyrics In each case, identify the title of the song. 1. There's a girl in New York City Who calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I'm falling, flying Or tumbling in turmoil I say Oh, so this is what she means 2. Hey where did we go Days when the rains came Down in the hollow Playing a new game 3. I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head I stand transfixed before this street light Watching the snow fall on this cold December night And out in the middle of Lake Ontario The same snow is falling on the deep silent water 4. Life springs eternal On a gaudy neon street Not that I care at all I spent the best part of my losing streak In an army jeep For what I can't recall 5. It took me a year to believe it was over And took me two more to get over the loss I took a beating when you wrote me those letters And every time I remembered the taste of your lipgloss 6. Through all these cities and all these towns It's in my blood and it's all around I love you now like I loved you then This is the road and these are the hands 7. I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful 8. If I have been unkind I hope that you can just let it go by And if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you 9. I feel drunk but I'm sober I'm young and I'm underpaid I'm tired but I'm working, yeah 10. I get up in the evening And I ain't got nothing to say I come home in the morning I go to bed feeling the same way -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam; msb@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 22 11:04PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I did not write either of these rounds. Tough set, huh? > to Islam if he pronounces and believes the one sentence that > expresses the two essential points of the Muslim faith. What is > this sentence (in English)? "There is no god but God/Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet." 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > H stands for, that will be a complete answer. Or else describe > the event and be sufficiently specific (you must mention who > and where). The hejira (hegira), Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina (one place name required). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > tolerated (they are called dhimmi) and given special status > in Muslim countries, but other non-Muslims are not tolerated. > Which non-Muslims are the ones who are tolerated? Monotheists, such as Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians. (A partial answer was okay.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > are AD as usual, not AH), served as physician to the Sultan > in Egypt, and wrote major works in philosophy, theology, and > biblical commentary. Maimonedes (Moses ben Maimon). 4 for Joshua. > Europe, one was founded in a Muslim city. In addition to its > secular faculties, it had (and still has) the leading theological > school in Sunni Islam. Name either the city or the university. Cairo, Al Azhar University. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Tilque. > movement and its party """still use""" in Egypt? Answer in > English or Arabic, but be sufficiently specific to distinguish > it from any similarly named parties. Muslim Brotherhood (both words required), al-Ahuwaya al-Islamiya. (I'm not going to research its current status. The round's author noted: Hamas, Fatah, or any other Arabic name you're likely to hear is wrong.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > under non-Muslim rulers and laws. The "father of modern > Pakistan" was not a religious Muslim, but he still led many > Muslims out of newly independent India. Who was he? Mohammed Ali Jinnah. 4 for Joshua. > 8. What Egyptian novelist, author of the Cairo Trilogy, won the > Nobel Prize for literature """about 10 years ago"""? Naguib Mahfuz (in 1988). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > The caliph who ruled Baghdad 786-809 appears in some of the > "Arabian Nights" stories, wandering the city in disguise at > night. Who was this adventurous caliph? *Full name required*. Haroun al-Rashid. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > Aristotle's philosophy with Christianity. Who was this Muslim > philosopher, who lived 1126-98 and was considered a religious > skeptic by some people? Averroes (or Ibn-Rushd). > 1. Formerly the Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, > it is a national, charitable organization dedicated to improving > the quality of life for people who have a mental handicap. (Canadian) Association for Community Living. > 2. It is a voluntary organization of 45,000 Canadian families > who share a commitment to expanding the quality and quantity > of Canadian radio and TV programming. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. > They carry out peaceful direct actions, environmental advocacy, > political lobbying, and public education to stem the tide of > planetary destruction. Greenpeace. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > organization opposed to the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and > foreign control of Canada. It campaigns to repeal the FTA and > NAFTA and works to build an independent Canada. CCAFT (Citizens Concerned about Free Trade). On a protest, we also accepted the Council of Canadians as fitting the description. > a membership of over 450 professional publishing and performing > poets. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and > develop the audience for poetry. League of Canadian Poets. > is one of Canada's oldest scientific organizations. It provides > geoscientific knowledge about the Canadian landmass and offshore, > and their mineral and energy resources. Geological Survey (of Canada). > 7. This organization is based in Waterloo, Ontario, and promotes > research, education, and advocacy relating to peace and > disarmament. Project Ploughshares. > individual freedom and responsibility under limited government, > and a strong defense force. Stephen Harper is its president; > it publishes a newsletter called "The Bulldog". NCC (National Citizens Coalition). Yes, that's the same Stephen Harper who was later the Prime Minister of Canada, but no marks for "the Conservative Party"! > 150 chief executives of leading Canadian companies and engages > in research, consultation, and advocacy. Its own president > and CEO is Tom d'Aquino. BCNI (Business Council on National Issues), now Business Council of Canada. > province with "a learned and honourable body, to assist their > fellow subjects as occasion may require, and to support and > maintain the constitution of the said Province". LSUC (Law Society of Upper Canada). Some of my early Usenet postings were from a computer of theirs, thanks to my having assisted a friend who was doing some work for them. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Spo Mis Can Joshua Kreitzer 16 28 36 4 84 Stephen Perry 36 40 -- -- 76 Dan Tilque 20 20 10 4 54 Dan Blum 12 8 20 4 44 Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- 40 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 12 0 28 Pete Gayde 4 24 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader "It really was quite easy; it was the Toronto explanations and banter that took msb@vex.net all the time." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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