| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 08 12:35AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, 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 did not write either of these rounds. * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Blood and the Circulatory System 1. The four major components of blood are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and what cells (or technically fragments) responsible for clotting? 2. Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow at a rate of about 2,000,000 per second, while the same number of cells are destroyed in two other organs. Name either of those. 3. In the ABO blood type system, what blood type is the "universal recipient", so called because a person with this blood can be transfused with any other type? 4. The blood component called the Rh ["R.H."] factor consists of certain genetically-determined types of protein on the surface of red blood cells. What does Rh stand for? 5. What is the name of the artery leading away from the heart where oxygenated blood is sent to the body? 6. There are two major veins leading into the heart that return deoxygenated blood to it. Their names are the superior and inferior what? 7. What scientist discovered the circulation of the blood? He lived 1578-1657. 8. Hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen through the blood, consists of a smaller protein (globin) plus a molecule called heme. Each molecule of heme includes one atom of what metal? 9. As the AIDS crisis has entered our consciousness, we've all heard a lot about T-lymphocytes, one type of white blood cell. The T stands for the body part where they are formed. What is it? 10. One type of white blood cells is phagocytes, which destroy bacteria and cell fragments in the blood. What does the prefix phago- mean? * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature - Modern Latin American Writing 1. Name the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", which later became a movie and a Broadway musical. 2. This novel by Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa ["BAR-gas YO-sa"] is a semi-autobiographical story of a young writer who marries an older relative. It was made into a 1990 film starring Keanu Reeves and Barbara Hershey. Name the novel (in English). 3. One of Gabriel García Márquez's novellas is about a murder that everyone in town knows is going to happen, except the intended victim. Name it (in English). 4. Octavio Paz's "Labyrinth of Solitude" is a long meditation on what it means to be a native of what country? 5. Name the Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who wrote "Canto General" and "Memorial de Isla Negra" and won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature. 6. A well-known 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni was loosely based on a short story by Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar ["Kor-TASS-ar"]. Name the film. 7. Name the Brazilian writer who is the author of "Dona Flor and her Two Husbands", which became a 1978 movie starring Sonia Braga. 8. Name the Guatemalan and 1967 Nobel Prize winner who wrote the political novel "El Señor Presidente". 9. This Cuban poet, essayist, and speechwriter was a hero of the Cuban revolution -- that is, the first one -- in which he died in 1895. One of his poems became the popular song "Guantanamera". Havana's airport is named after him. Who was he? 10. Name the Chilean author and journalist, who left the country in 1975, and who wrote "The House of the Spirits", "Eva Luna", and "Of Love and Shadows". -- Mark Brader "They're trying to invent a new crime: Toronto interference with a business model." msb@vex.net --Bruce Schneier My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 07 05:19PM On Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:02:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > at the Mediterranean end? > 3. What international airport serving western Ireland is located > near Limerick? Shannon > 4. What US city """is""" served by Logan International Airport? Boston > 5. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are MDW > and ORD? Chicago > 6. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are CDG > and ORY? Paris > within London; some stations officially have the word "London" > prefixed before that, for the convenience of inter-city travelers, > and this you can ignore.) Paddington, Kings Cross, Charring Cross > topics may be repeated. The New York Central's crack train was the > Twentieth Century Limited. Its endpoints were New York and what > city? Chicago > 10. Amtrak's fastest trains today """are""" called Metroliners. > On most trips, their endpoints """are""" New York and what city? Washingotn, DC |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 08 12:34AM -0500 Mark Brader: > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 8, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried these this time. > 1. According to a study presented this week, the combined odors > of two materials have been found to produce the highest level > of sexual arousal in women. Name either material. Cucumber, black licorice candy. (The runners-up were baby powder and a combination of pumpkin pie and lavender.) > 2. Asteroid 1997 XF11 is now predicted to come within only about > 1,000,000 km of the Earth, at about 2:30 am EDT on October 26 > of what year? 2028. > I wrote one of these rounds, and you know which one. Yep -- the geography round. > In 2009 Erland Sommarskog disputed some of the causations cited in > the questions, and I just said "He may well be right; I'm no expert > on this". I'm not going to check on those details this time either. This was one of two rounds tied for 6th-hardest of the season. > in a decentralized Yugoslav federation instead of declaring > independence. He argued that there could be no war if his side > refused to fight. Who """is""" he? Alia Izetbegovic. (He died in 2003.) 4 for Erland. > terrified Bosnian men filmed at a place called Omarska, and > later at another place called Trnopolje ["Turn-o-POL-yeh"]. > What sort of places were these? Concentration/prison/detention camps. 4 for Erland and Pete. > deported the surviving women and children on buses and killed > nearly all the men -- several thousand of them -- in nearby > forests. Name this so-called safe area. Srebrenica. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete. > the TV image of 37 dead people in Sarajevo on 1995-08-28 finally > led NATO to bomb Serb positions and force all sides to the > peace table. How did these 37 people die? A mortar shell fell into an open marketplace. 4 for Erland. > historical monument by UNESCO was destroyed by methodical > Croatian shelling in the town of Mostar. What type of thing > was it? A bridge. (Stari Most or the Old Bridge, in Mostar.) 4 for Erland and Pete. About 10 years later it was rebuilt to the same design: http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0946_0011-1200-630-20130123174833.jpg http://www.globeguide.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Bosnia-Mostar-bridge-tam.jpg > the US tacitly gave Croatia permission to "ethnically cleanse" > Serbs from a Croatian border region the Serbs had inhabited > for 400 years. What is the name of this region? We expected Krajina ["Kra-YEE-na"]. Erland said "Kninska Krajina" was more correct. (Krajina means "borderland" and there are others. "Kninska" ties it to the city of Knin.) 4 for Erland. > brothels where women were kept as slaves and selling weapons to > the fighters on both sides, in the Zepa Valley and elsewhere. > From what country was this UN force drawn? Ukraine. (Which also means "borderland".) > has been trying Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, and Croats for war > atrocities. Name the Canadian judge who was appointed to this > tribunal as chief prosecutor. Louise Arbour. Her next appointment, by the way, was to the Supreme Court of Canada. > it was under siege, to produce a classic 1950s play that she > thought spoke to the situation of the city's inhabitants. > Name the play. "Waiting For Godot". > military commander, both of whom """are""" under indictment > at the Hague for war crimes. You don't have to say which one > you're naming. Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic (respectively). 4 for Joshua, Erland (the hard way), and Pete. They were finally arrested in 2008 and 2011, and convicted in 2016 and 2017, respectively. > * Game 8, Round 3 - Geography - Transportation Facilities > 1. The Panama Canal runs from Panama City at the Pacific Ocean > end to what city at the Atlantic end? Colón. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 2. The Suez Canal runs from Suez at the Red Sea end to what city > at the Mediterranean end? Port Said. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > 3. What international airport serving western Ireland is located > near Limerick? Shannon. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. > 4. What US city """is""" served by Logan International Airport? Boston. (Still true.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > 5. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are MDW > and ORD? Chicago. (Midway, O'Hare. Still true.) 4 for everyone. > 6. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are CDG > and ORY? Paris. (Charles de Gaulle, Orly. Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > in other words, most long- or medium-distance trains -- start > or finish at one of """6""" major terminal stations. In French > or English, name any *two*. Austerlitz, Est (East), Lyon(s), Montparnasse (Mt. Parnassus), Nord (North), St-Lazare (St. Lazarus). (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum and Erland (the hard way). > used within London; some stations officially have the word > "London" prefixed before that, for the convenience of inter-city > travelers, and this you can ignore.) Blackfriars (1+0), Cannon St. (1+0), Charing Cross (2+2), Euston (1+0), Fenchurch St. (0+0), King's [or Kings] Cross (1+2), Liverpool_St. (0+0), London Bridge (0+0), Marylebone (0+0), Moorgate (1+0), Paddington (5+4), St. Pancras (2+3), Victoria (4+0), Waterloo (6+3). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Bruce. The numbers indicate how many times they were named by different entrants in 2009 and in 2021. I was surprised by how rarely King's Cross showed up, both times, in view of its importance in the Harry Potter series. Today Moorgate has only 2 tracks for medium-distance trains. > topics may be repeated. The New York Central's crack train > was the Twentieth Century Limited. Its endpoints were New York > and what city? Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. ObMovies: "Twentieth Century" (1934), "North by Northwest" (1959), "The Sting" (1973). > 10. Amtrak's fastest trains today """are""" called Metroliners. > On most trips, their endpoints """are""" New York and what city? Washington. (They have since been replaced by Acela Express trains, in many cases starting from Boston instead of New York, but Washington is still the other endpoint and therefore the only possible answer.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Bruce. 3 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo Erland Sommarskog 28 28 56 Joshua Kreitzer 8 35 43 Pete Gayde 16 20 36 Dan Blum 4 28 32 Bruce Bowler 0 28 28 Dan Tilque 0 16 16 -- Mark Brader | "...what the customer wants doesn't matter; Toronto | the only thing that matters is what the Marketeer msb@vex.net | thinks the customer thinks he wants -- | or can be made to think he wants." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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