| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 11:47PM -0500 > 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 10, Round 4 - Entertainment (sort of) - Oddly Named Musical Instruments In each case, tell us the letter of the relevant illustration on the 2-page handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/4/ins.pdf 1. Sousaphone. 2. Balalaika. 3. Krummhorn, a medieval member of the oboe family. 4. Serpent. 5. Fife. 6. Clarinette d'amour. 7. Racket, an old, oddly shaped member of the oboe family. 8. Theorbo, a Renaissance-era member of the lute family. 9. Heckelphone, a member of the oboe family. 10. Hurdy-gurdy, a member of the violin family with a keyboard and a crank. So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to see the other instruments and find them for fun, but for no points: 11. Angheny ubea. 12. Bcuvpyrvqr. 13. Xrlrq syntrbyrg. 14. Yhe, na byq oenff vafgehzrag. 15. Pvggrea be Ratyvfu thvgne. 16. Cvotbea, na bofbyrgr zrzore bs gur pynevarg snzvyl. * Game 10, Round 6 - Science - Aeronautics In this round where we ask for a company, you can give its usual short name, e.g. Boeing. Where we ask for a model of aircraft, you need not name the manufacturer and can just give the major model name or number, such as 747. 1. Most early jet engines were turbojets, in which the air from the intake * is compressed by a turbine; * enters the combustion chamber where it is heated by burning fuel; * powers a second turbine that drives the first one; * rushes forcefully out the exhaust to yield forward thrust. Most jet engines on modern airliners include an important variation on this design, which makes them wider but improves fuel economy. Tell briefly what is different about this design, or say what these engines are called. 2. An engine design once very popular was the radial, which featured a ring of cylinders at various angles surrounding a central crankshaft which drove the propeller. A variant of this design called the rotary engine enjoyed some success during World War I. How did the rotary differ from the conventional radial? 3. This twin-engine airliner, which carried 21 passengers in its usual seating configuration, entered commercial service in 1936 and was the most successful and durable of its era, commanding at one point 80% of the US market. Name it. 4. The first comparable success of the jet era was the Boeing 707, but you knew that. The *first* jet airliners made their test flights in 1949. A British design was first to enter commercial service, but in its initial form it proved to have a fatal design flaw. A Canadian design looked promising in its test flights, but never entered commercial service due to lack of airline interest and diversion of manufacturing capacity to Korean War fighters. Name *either* of these two planes. 5. In a conventional airplane, if it is to be rolled (that is, banked to the left or right), a control surface is raised on one wing and lowered on the other. What are these paired control surfaces called? 6. In a conventional airplane, if it is to be pitched upward (that is, the nose is to be raised), a control surface is raised on the tail, or perhaps one on each half of the tail. What is this control surface called? 7. In many modern fighters, and some commercial airliners such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 777, control surfaces such as <answers 5 and 6> no longer have any mechanical linkage to the pilot's controls; instead they have their own motors that are actuated through a computer. What phrase of three short words is used informally to describe this system? 8. In the Wright Brothers' original airplane, the structures equivalent to the modern tailplane and <answer 6> were located at the front. While this has become a rare design, it continues to be seen from time to time in exotic aircraft. The word "tail" would not be sensible for a forward structure like this; what French word is applied to it? 9. Everyone knows that in 1947 the X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, became the first plane to fly faster than sound. Tell us *either* the company or the American city that the X-1 came from. In later years the company has been best known for their helicopters. 10. The reconnaissance planes called the U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird, as well as the F-117A stealth fighter, all came from the same division of the same company. The division took its informal name from a phrase in a comic strip. Either give this name, or name the company. -- Mark Brader | "...given time, a generally accepted solution to Toronto | this problem will evolve, as it has in the past for msb@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which | no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 11:44PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 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? Newfoundland. The cartoon is by the "Evening Telegram"'s Kevin Tobin. The police force there is the RNC... the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. > Star" """last Wednesday""". What reassuring quip was written, > upside-down, on the button that we've blotted out on the Great > Man's lapel? "April Fool". The caricature, of course, is of Brian Mulroney. > 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? Dividends (from taxable Canadian corporations). 2 for Dan Blum. This is done as a way of correcting for the income tax that the corporation already paid on the money before distributing it as dividends. In 2019-20, dividends are now classified as "eligible" or "other than eligible", depending on which corporate tax rate was applicable. It's up to the organization paying you the dividends to classify them correctly, when they report the amount to you on a T3 or T5 slip. For eligible dividends, the old 25% gross-up is now 38% and the credit is 15.0198% of the grossed-up amount, or approximately 10.8839% of the actual amount; for other dividends the gross-up is 15% and the credit is 9.0301% of the grossed-up amount, or about 7.8523% of the actual amount. Also, there is no Schedule 1 any more; it's been merged into the T1 form. But none of this is important now; the method of reporting is still essentially as described, so the question stands. > 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? 1997-98 answer: 3/4. 2019-20 answer: 1/2. 2 for Dan Blum. > "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? 1997-98 answer: $6,456. 2019 answer: $12,069. 2020 answer: $13,229. (Accepting $5,681-$7,231 or $10,620-$14,817.) In 1997-98 this would also have applied to provincial tax, but that now has a separate calculation of non-refundable tax credits, so I've reworded the question to eliminate that issue. Also, starting with tax year 2020, people with more than $150,473 of net income have their Personal Amount reduced -- it can go as low as $12,298 -- but that's not "most people". > 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? 1997-98 answer: $5,380. 2019-20 answer: Same as your Personal Amount. (Accepting $4,035-$6,725 or $9,051-$16,537.) 2 for Dan Blum. > donations, that percentage yields the amount of your federal > non-refundable tax credit. Within 1 percentage point, what > percentage do you take? The same as the federal tax rate in the lowest bracket. 1997-98 answer: 17%. 2019-20 answer: 15%. (Accepting 14%-18%.) > 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? 18% (accepting 16%-20%). This is still true, but the CRA now seems to expect people to let them calculate it instead of providing a form to do it on. > 7. If you have to pay income tax by installments, how often are > they due? Quarterly. 4 for Dan Blum. > (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. (A): 1997-98 answer: $29,590. 2019 answer: $47,460. 2020 answer: $48,535. (Accepting $25,590-$33,590 or $43,460-$52,535.) (B): 1997-98 answer: $59,180. 2019 answer: $210,371. 2020 answer: $214,368. (Accepting $55,180-$63,180 or $206,371-$218,368.) > 9. Most taxpayers have to add a surtax that is what percentage of > the basic federal tax? 3%. (This surtax no longer exists, so only the 1997-98 answer was acceptable.) > 10. In the initial calculation of Ontario provincial income tax, > what percentage of the basic federal tax do you take, within > 3½ percentage points? 48% (accepting 44½%-51½%). (This method of calculation is no longer used, so only the 1997-98 answer was acceptable.) I made the leeway 3½ percentage points because there were periods in the past when the percentage was in half points. Today the initial calculation uses a separate set of provincial tax brackets applied to taxable income like the federal ones, but determined by the province. > 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. None of these answers have changed since 1998. > 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? Belgium. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? Slovenia (not Croatia, which is beyond a strip of Slovenian territory; both countries had seceded from Yugoslavia well before 1998). 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Bruce and Pete. > 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Vancouver, Washington? Portland, Oregon. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. What US city or town """is""" nearest Ft. Frances, Ontario? International Falls, Minnesota. Buffalo is the US city nearest Ft. *Erie*, Ontario. > 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, > California? Tijuana, Mexico. 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest > Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries > named Congo? Kinshasa, in the other Congo. The two cities are the respective national capitals. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? Calais ["KAL-uss"], Maine. 4 for Bruce and Dan Tilque. > 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Camden, New Jersey? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? Monaco (not Italy; Nice is west of Monaco). 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss > city of Basel? France and Germany. Basel is also spelled Bâle. 4 for Bruce, Erland, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Geo Dan Blum 10 20 30 Bruce Bowler 0 30 30 Pete Gayde 0 29 29 Dan Tilque 0 28 28 Erland Sommarskog 0 28 28 Entrants who scored points in 2009 on that Canadiana round, by the way, included Pete and Dan Tilque as well as Dan Blum. -- Mark Brader | Caution msb@vex.net | Do not run on the stairs Toronto | Use the hand rail -- notice at British train station My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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