| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 16 11:34PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-07-04, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 8, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2011 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. The US Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday that this entertainer can use the resources of his TV show to support his self-named political action committee. His response to the decision: "I don't accept the status quo. I do accept Visa, Mastercard or American Express." Name the entertainer. 2. For only the second time, the United Nations has declared a disease officially eradicated. This virulent disease, with fatality rates as high as 95%, has been fingered variously for the fall of the Roman Empire, the conquests of the Mongols, and the French and Russian Revolutions. Name it. * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - A Taste of Italy 1. When these first reached Italy in the 16th century, they were given the name "golden apples". It's impossible to imagine Italian cooking without them. What do we call a "golden apple" in English? 2. If you're in a restaurant in Italy and you ask for a "macedonia", what will you get? Describe it briefly. 3. If you choose to have "zuppa Inglese", or "English soup" for dessert, what rich treat will you be enjoying? Name it in English. 4. In Canada, when we ask for pepperoni on our pizza, we expect a kind of salami. But if you're in Italy and ask for peperoni, with two single P's, what will you get? Be sufficiently specific. 5. If you order a dish whose name translates literally as "big soup", what will the waiter bring? Name it. 6. If you ask your waiter for a "lift-me-up", what dessert will arrive at your table? Name it. 7. If you ask for "slutty" pasta sauce, what kind of sauce will you be served? Name it. 8. This pasta sauce supposedly takes its name from the similarity of the ground pepper on top to little chunks of coal. Name it. 9. Whatever they tell you at Starbucks, you can't have one biscotti, because "biscotti" is plural. What is the singular of "biscotti"? 10. "Pastafazoola" might sound like a made-up word, but it's really a dialect name for a wholesome and popular dish. What is pastafazoola? Describe it briefly. * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - What Lies Between The following questions derive from a variety of sciences. In each case, you will be given two members of a series, such as stages or steps or layers. You give the one that lies between them. 1. In the earth's structure, what lies between the crust and the core? 2. In the atmosphere, what layer lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere? 3. On the periodic table, what element lies between boron and nitrogen? 4. In biological classification, what lies between phylum and order? 5. What unit of time lies between a microsecond and a picosecond? 6. In the electromagnetic spectrum, what color of light lies between green and orange? 7. On the electromagnetic spectrum, what lies between infrared waves and radio waves, measuring from 300 MHz to 300 GHz? 8. In geologic history, what era lies between the Cenozoic and the Paleozoic? 9. In butterfly (not moth) metamorphosis, what stage lies between larva and adult ? 10. In the Kubler-Ross model of the stages of grief, what lies between anger and depression? -- Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro." msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 17 11:53AM +0200 > fatality rates as high as 95%, has been fingered variously for > the fall of the Roman Empire, the conquests of the Mongols, > and the French and Russian Revolutions. Name it. Smallpox > given the name "golden apples". It's impossible to imagine > Italian cooking without them. What do we call a "golden apple" > in English? Tomato > 2. If you're in a restaurant in Italy and you ask for a "macedonia", > what will you get? Describe it briefly. A salad of mixed fruits > a kind of salami. But if you're in Italy and ask for peperoni, > with two single P's, what will you get? Be sufficiently > specific. Small peppers > 5. If you order a dish whose name translates literally as "big > soup", what will the waiter bring? Name it. Minestrone > 6. If you ask your waiter for a "lift-me-up", what dessert will > arrive at your table? Name it. Tiramisù > 7. If you ask for "slutty" pasta sauce, what kind of sauce will > you be served? Name it. Amatriciana > 8. This pasta sauce supposedly takes its name from the similarity > of the ground pepper on top to little chunks of coal. Name it. Carbonara > 9. Whatever they tell you at Starbucks, you can't have one biscotti, > because "biscotti" is plural. What is the singular of > "biscotti"? biscotto > * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - What Lies Between > 1. In the earth's structure, what lies between the crust and > the core? Mantle > 2. In the atmosphere, what layer lies between the troposphere and > the mesosphere? Stratosphere > 3. On the periodic table, what element lies between boron and > nitrogen? Carbon > 5. What unit of time lies between a microsecond and a picosecond? nanosecond > 6. In the electromagnetic spectrum, what color of light lies > between green and orange? Yellow > 7. On the electromagnetic spectrum, what lies between infrared > waves and radio waves, measuring from 300 MHz to 300 GHz? Microwave > 9. In butterfly (not moth) metamorphosis, what stage lies between > larva and adult ? Puppa (Well, that's the Swedish name. I will have to take my chances that the English name is close enough.) > 10. In the Kubler-Ross model of the stages of grief, what lies > between anger and depression? Role reversal (This nonsensical answer deserves an explanation: As it happens, just a few day ago I attended where the presenter used the five stages of grief as a base for a purely technical presentation. Unfortunately, I've already forgotten the name of third stage of grief, but the term for the third stage of the technical process he was discussing is role reversal.) |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 16 11:32PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 7 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins -- hearty congratulations! > If applicable, these questions refer to the games as usually > played in Canada. > 1. In which card game might a jack be called a right bower? Euchre. Also accepting 500; one of the two games by that name is a form of euchre. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 2. In which card game might a jack be called his nibs? Cribbage. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Depending on where you play, it might also be his nobs. > 3. Please answer questions #1-2 before decoding the rot13 for > questions #3-4. When only two people play cribbage, how many > cards are dealt to each? 6. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. How many cards are used in a euchre deck? 24 (A-9 in each suit). 4 for Pete. > 5. What is "duplicated" -- or, more accurately, identical -- > in duplicate bridge? Be sufficiently specific. The deal of cards: the same layout of cards is played successively by different players. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. In some formats of the game, the deal actually is physically duplicated, with multiple decks of cards arranged identically, once by hand, today often by a computer-controlled machine. In others, a single deck is dealt just once before a session, and the cards are passed from table to table to be played repeatedly without being rerranged. In either case a holder (a duplicate board) is used to keep the four hands separate and concealed until ready for play. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_%28bridge%29> > 6. How many cards are there in a bridge hand? 13. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Spit in the Ocean is a variety of which card game? Poker. (Or specifically, draw poker.) 4 for Dan Blum. > 8. In poker, what hand beats a full house, but loses to a straight > flush or a royal flush? Four of a kind. 4 for everyone. > 9. As of the mid 20th century, Section 8 of the US regulation > for the discharge of unfit soldiers referred to mental unfitness. > Which card game is said to derive its name from this section? Crazy eights. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Mah-jongg, which until the 19th century was played with cards > rather than tiles, resembles which Western card game or family > of card games? Rummy. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > used in baking. But mostly it is consumed in coffee and > tea and """is""" sold in yellow paper packets, under what > brand name (in Canada)? Splenda. 4 for Joshua. > is often used in cold beverages and frozen desserts. > It """is""" sold for use in coffee and tea, in blue paper > packets, under what brand name (in Canada)? Equal. (Not Nutrasweet, a brand name for aspartame in bulk. I don't know if this has changed.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > medicinal bark of the tree of the same name. It's main > herbal ingredient is gentian. You need it to make an > Old-Fashioned or to make Pink Gin. What is it? Angostura Bitters. 4 for Pete and Joshua. > in old cocktail recipes. Today it is still found in much > lower concentrations in tonic water, used mostly in drinks > with gin. What is it? Quinine. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland. > C1. In Homer's "Odyssey", Charybdis was a whirlpool that sucked > ships to their doom. Opposite the whirlpool lived a 6-headed > monster that snatched sailors 6 at a time. Name the monster. Scylla. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > attacking the leader's hall and eating everybody. > Beowulf fatally wounds the monster by ripping its arm off. > Name the monster. Grendel. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > research, but in its native South America, especially > Ecuador, it's called cui ["kwee"], and it's dinner. > What is it? Guinea pig. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > they'll eat it. Weighing just 2½ ounces (70 g), """they're > banned""" in California, for fear they'll run rampant if > let free. Gerbils. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > eventually killing somewhere between 100,000 and 300,000 > people. His invasion of Tanzania backfired and led to > his exile. Name him. His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular. 4 for everyone. > resulting in the deaths of between 1,700,000 and 2,500,000 > Cambodians, or about one person in five. The invasion by > Vietnam sent him into hiding for 18 years. Name him. Pol Pot. 4 for everyone. > F1. This Caribbean island's north half is controlled by France, > and its south half is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. > Name it. St-Martin or Sint-Maarten. 4 for everyone. The two countries agreed in 1648 to divide possession of the island. > French Caribbean island was once a Swedish Caribbean island, > and its capital is still named Gustavia. You may remember > it from the movie "Along Came Polly". Name it. St-Barthélemy or St. Barts. 4 for Erland and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Sci Can A+L Spo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 32 22 28 6 16 32 16 44 174 Dan Blum 12 21 32 12 0 28 36 34 163 Pete Gayde 11 34 28 16 -- -- 28 28 145 Dan Tilque 12 16 20 12 0 4 24 24 108 Erland Sommarskog 0 36 16 0 0 11 12 19 94 -- Mark Brader | "The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. Toronto | This is the ordinary course in a free society." msb@vex.net | --Anthony Kennedy, US Supreme Court My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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