| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 12:26AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-04-06, 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 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) This round is based on editorial cartoons that appeared in Canadian newspapers """last week""" -- that is, in 1998. Answer if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/1/A.jpg This cartoon refers to a debate that's been going on for decades about whether a certain police force should wear sidearms. The word we've blotted out in this cartoon appeared between "rotten" and "criminals" in the upper right corner: what is it? 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/1/B.jpg This cartoon by Patrick Corrigan appeared in the "Toronto Star" """last Wednesday""". What reassuring quip was written, upside-down, on the button that we've blotted out on the Great Man's lapel? I wrote both of these rounds. * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana - Income Tax All answers pertain to the 1997 tax year, i.e., the return that you """will probably be filing shortly""" if you haven't already done it. So if you were paying attention to the budget """in February""", you should temporarily forget everything you learned. *Note*: If you want to give current information, I will generously accept answers pertaining to either the 2019 or the 2020 tax year, so long as the facts stated in the question are still generally correct. If they aren't, you must give the originally expected answer. You *never* need to mention which year you are answering for. 1. For what type of income is it the case that you initially report a so-called "grossed-up" or "taxable" amount, 25% larger than the actual income, but then claim on Schedule 1 a credit of 13+1/3 % (thirteen and a third percent) of the actual amount of this income? 2. Capital gains can sometimes be offset against capital losses, but if you have a capital gain that you cannot offset and that isn't exempt for another reason, in most cases what fraction of the gain must you count as income? 3. The next three questions are about calculating your federal non-refundable tax credits, which replaced many of the deductions from net income """about 10 years ago""". When doing this calculation, most people start with a constant "Personal Amount", which effectively represents the amount of income that is always tax-free federally. Within 12% of the actual number, how many dollars is that? 4. Within 25% of the actual number, how many dollars is your federal Spousal Amount, if you are supporting a spouse who has no income, but you are not a caregiver? 5. The next step in the non-refundable credit calculation is to add up these and other amounts and take a certain percentage of the total. If you aren't claiming anything for charitable donations, that percentage yields the amount of your federal non-refundable tax credit. Within 1 percentage point, what percentage do you take? 6. Several things may enter into the calculation of your RRSP contribution room, but the most fundamental one is a percentage of the previous year's earned income. Within 2 percentage points, what """is""" that percentage? 7. If you have to pay income tax by installments, how often are they due? 8. The basic federal tax calculation (on Schedule 1) begins by classifying your taxable income into one of three brackets. (For 2019-20: five brackets, and it's on the T1.) Within $4,000 in either case, give the number of dollars of taxable income that forms (A) the top boundary of the bottom bracket, *or* (B) the bottom boundary of the top bracket. You *must* say whether you are answering question A or B, but you don't have to say for what year. 9. Most taxpayers have to add a surtax that is what percentage of the basic federal tax? 10. In the initial calculation of Ontario provincial income tax, what percentage of the basic federal tax do you take, within 3½ percentage points? * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Border Towns In each case we will name a city that is on a state or national border, or in some cases merely close to the border, and you simply have to tell us what's on the other side. 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from Vancouver, Washington? 4. What US city or town """is""" nearest Ft. Frances, Ontario? 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, California? 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries named Congo? 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from Camden, New Jersey? 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss city of Basel? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make msb@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 28 07:05PM On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:28:02 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > Pelt, you could answer "Schulz" (or "Charles Schulz"), or "Lucy and > Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not "Peanuts". > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg Breathed > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg Walker > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg Trudeau > A1. If a strip of paper is given a half-twist and its ends > joined together, it forms a configuration with a single surface > and a single edge. What is the mathematical term for this? a mobius strip > bottle, passing it through a hole (which we pretend does not > exist) in the side, and joining it onto a hole in the base. What > is this theoretical figure called? a klein bottle > C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, > Newfoundland, > what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon? 5:00AM, 4:00AM > C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, > Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England? Noon > more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time. > How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members of > the group under that name? 5;6 > could name *any two* of the next four. Today the "Wall Street > Journal" has dropped to second place, and you can name *any other > two* of the top five. New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 12:22AM -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 9 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won. Hearty congratulations! > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the challenge round. > "Lucy and Linus", or "Lucy Van Pelt", or "Linus Van Pelt", but not > "Peanuts". > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/A.jpg ["Bloom County" by] Berkeley ("Berke") Breathed -- Milo Bloom, Michael Binkley, Steve Dallas, Bill (the cat). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way), Stephen, and Bruce. > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/B.jpg ["Hi and Lois" by] Mort, Greg, and Brian Walker and Dik and Robert ("Chance") Browne -- Hiram ("Hi") and Lois Flagstone. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/C.jpg ["Blondie" by] Murat B. ("Chic") and Dean Young, Dennis Lebrun, John Marshall, and others -- protest if you think you've named one not mentioned here -- Dagwood Bumstead, Mr. Beasley (the mailman), Daisy (the dog). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way), and Stephen. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/D.jpg ["Ernie", now "Piranha Club", by] Bud "Bo" Grace -- Ernie and Sid Fernwilter, Doris Husselmeyer. 4 for Stephen. > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/E.jpg ["Adam", now "Adam@Home", by] Brian Basset and Rob Harrell -- Adam, Laura, Katy, and Clayton Newman. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen (the hard way). > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/F.jpg ["Zippy" by] Bill Griffith -- Zippy the Pinhead, Claude Funston, Shelf Life, Mr. Toad, Zerbina, Griffy. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/G.jpg ["For Better or For Worse" by] Lynn Johnston -- John, Elizabeth (Liz), and April Patterson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), and Stephen. > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/H.jpg ["The Fusco Brothers" by] J.C. ("Joe") Duffy -- Rolf, Lance, Lars, and Al Fusco, and Axel (the wolverine). 4 for Stephen. > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/I.jpg ["Doonesbury" by] Garry Trudeau -- Rick and Jeff Redfern, Joan Caucus. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua (the hard way), Stephen, and Bruce. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo9/9/J.jpg ["FoxTrot" by] Bill Amend -- Roger, Andy, Peter, Paige, and Jason Fox. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen. > joined together, it forms a configuration with a single > surface and a single edge. What is the mathematical term > for this? Möbius strip. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. > the neck of a bottle, passing it through a hole (which we > pretend does not exist) in the side, and joining it onto > a hole in the base. What is this theoretical figure called? Klein bottle. 4 for everyone. > * B. Team Formerly Known As > B1. The Toronto NHL franchise now called the Maple Leafs had > two previous names. Give *either one*. Arenas (or Blueshirts), or (as I mentioned in the answer posting to Game 7, Round 9) St. Patricks. 4 for Stephen. > B2. The Detroit NHL franchise now called the Red Wings had two > previous names. Give *either one*. Cougars, Falcons. 4 for Stephen. Yes, we did use those two questions again in 2007, in reverse. > * C. 8:30 in Newfoundland This team name alludes to shows on Canadian TV networks that are fed separately for every time zone except NT, which is only half an hour off AT. They are seen at, for example, "8:00, 8:30 in Newfoundland". The US equivalent, of course, would be "7 Central". > C1. If the month is July and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, Newfoundland, > what time """is""" it in Whitehorse, Yukon? 4:00 AM. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. 2 for Bruce. The original version of this question did not specify the month, but Yukon is now on Mountain Standard Time all year, equivalent to its former Pacific Time zone with permanent daylight saving time. > C2. If the month is January and it's 8:30 AM in St. John's, > Newfoundland, what time """is""" it in Nottingham, England? 12:00 noon. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. > more than two other guys, as one replaced another over time. > How many stooges, altogether, performed as official members > of the group under that name? 6. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. 2 for Bruce. In alphabetical order: Joe Besser, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita, Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard. Ted Healy left the group before they became the Three Stooges; Joe Palma replaced Shemp Howard unofficially; and while plans were made for Emil Sitka to perform with the group, they never reached fruition. > short film. A 1934 Three Stooges film, nominated for this > Oscar, had the same title as one of the films that won an > Oscar """last week""". What title? "Men in Black", as mentioned in Xound 1. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > and you could name *any two* of the next four. Today the > "Wall Street Journal" has dropped to second place, and you > can name *any other two* of the top five. The "New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", and "USA Today" were correct in both 1998 and 2021; in 1998 also the "Washington Post"; in 2021 also "Newsday". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen. > and now four Toronto papers, they occupy four of the top > 7 places.) Name any *two of the four* largest-circulation > Canadian papers *outside* Toronto, excluding free papers. "Le Journal (de Montréal)" and the "Vancouver Sun" were correct in both 1998 and 2015. In 1998 also "La Presse" and the (Vancouver) "Province"; in 2015 also "Le Journal de Québec" and the (Hamilton) "Spectator". 3 for Joshua. > If you answered question C2 with any of "twelve o'clock" (in words > or numerals), "twelve AM", or "twelve PM", then please go back > and correct it to read "noon" or "midnight". I grudgingly accepted "12 pm noon". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Spo Mis Can Geo Ent Art Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 16 28 36 4 28 20 28 27 167 Stephen Perry 36 40 -- -- -- -- 40 36 152 Dan Blum 12 8 20 4 24 12 24 16 108 Dan Tilque 20 20 10 4 -- -- 20 20 94 Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- -- -- 12 16 68 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 12 0 19 0 -- -- 47 Pete Gayde 4 24 -- -- 12 4 -- -- 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Canadian seals deal with creditors" msb@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, July 1, 1997 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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