| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 12 11:13PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-07-18, 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 10, Round 4 - Pseudo-Science - Astrology The belief in a connection between the cosmos and terrestrial matters has played an important part in human history. You may be more familiar with it as horse puckey. 1. Each astrological age is approximately 2,150 years long, on average. In which astrological age are we now, according to the lyrics of a 5th Dimension hit? 2. The Mayan tradition combined astronomy and astrology. The most famous Mayan astrological observatory still intact is the Caracol observatory in which ancient Mayan city? 3. Particularly important in the development of the horoscope in astrology was this astrologer and astronomer whose work the "Tetrabiblos" laid the basis of the Western astrological tradition. Who? 4. In 1556 this astronomer and seer was summoned to the French court by Queen Catherine de Medici, and commissioned to draw up the horoscope of the royal children. Pleased with the results, she remained his patron until his death. Name him. 5. Name the method of interpreting the ongoing movement of the planets as they move through the horoscope. This is most often done for the birth chart of an individual. Particular attention is paid to changes of sign, or house. 6. This motion of a planet is its apparent backward motion through the sky caused by the Earth traveling past a slower-moving outer planet, or when the Earth is itself passed by a faster-moving inner body. In astrology, this backward movement is thought to be unlucky. What is it called? 7. She was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics of the 20th century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling biography, "My Life and Prophecies". She also was the author of "Do Cats have ESP?" Name her. 8. Name this American astrologer and astrology consultant to the rich and famous. He wrote numerous books on the subject, including "My World of Astrology" and his autobiography "In the Sky", but he is probably the most widely known for his books on the popular sun-sign astrology. 9. Modern astrologers use data provided by astronomers which are transformed to a set of astrological tables showing the changing zodiacal positions of the heavenly bodies through time. What are these tables called? 10. Astrology itself can be divided into two camps: "Natural astrologers" study the motions of the heavenly bodies, timing of eclipses, etc. The other type studies the supposed correlations between the positions of various celestial objects and the affairs of human beings. What are they known as? * Game 10, Round 5 - Audio - Shakespeare Surprise! You get three rounds in this set (so the score for the game will be your best 7 out of 9 rounds). That's because I think the audio round in this game is playable in textual form, so I'm including it in this posting. In each case, name the play by Shakespeare that these lines come from (some edition of). (In the original game, questions #7-10 required the players to name the actor or actress speaking in the audio clip, but I'll just make it "name the play" for these as well.) 1. Man 1: She thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake: She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I loved her that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have used. Here comes the lady; let her witness it. Man 2: I think this tale would win my daughter too. 2. Woman: Yet show some pity. Man: I show it most of all when I show justice; For then I pity those I do not know, Which a dismiss'd offence would after gall, And do him right that, answering one foul wrong, Lives not to act another. Be satisfied; Your brother dies to-morrow; be content. Woman: So you must be the first that gives this sentence, And he that suffers. O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. 3. Man: If I stand here, I saw Banquo! Woman: Fie, for shame! Man: Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ay, and since too, murthers have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear. The time has been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murthers on their crowns, And push us from our stools. Woman: You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, With most admired disorder. 4. Woman 1: Let's appoint him a meeting! Woman 2: What tempest, I trow, threw this whale, with so many tuns of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor? If my husband saw this letter! It would give eternal food to his jealousy. Woman 1: My good man is as far from jealousy as I am from giving him cause. Woman 2: You are the happier woman. Woman 1: Let's consult together against this greasy knight. 5. Woman: We are not the first Who with best meaning have incurr'd the worst. For thee, oppressed king, I am cast down; Myself could else outfrown false Fortune's frown. Shall we not see these daughters and these sisters? Man: No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison. We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage. When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness. 6. Man: But this rough magic I here abjure; and, when I have requir'd Some heavenly music -- which even now I do -- To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book. 7. Man: The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. 8. Man: Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves that we are underlings. Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? 9. Man: To sing a song that old was sung, From ashes ancient Gower is come; Assuming man's infirmities, To glad your ear, and please your eyes. It hath been sung at festivals, On ember-eves and holy-ales; And lords and ladies in their lives Have read it for restoratives 10. Woman: Now to all sense 'tis gross You love my son; invention is asham'd, Against the proclamation of thy passion, To say thou dost not. Therefore tell me true; But tell me then, 'tis so; for, look, thy cheeks Confess't, th' one to th' other; and thine eyes See it so grossly shown in thy behaviours That in their kind they speak it; only sin And hellish obstinacy tie thy tongue, That truth should be suspected. Speak, is't so? * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana History - Toronto Riots and Demonstrations It's been over a year since Toronto hosted the G20 riots. Let's look back on some riotous days from our local history. 1. June 2010. The so-called "5-meter law" passed by the Ontario government provides police with dubious justification for harassing citizens during the lead-up to the G20. The government would later promise to repeal the 1939 act under which the law was passed. Name that act. 2. 1980-06-02. The "Punk Rock Riot". After fans get overheated at a concert by local punkers Teenage Head, this venue bans rock concerts for several years. Name it. 3. 1918-08-01. Up and down Yonge St., police battle an angry mob of thousands, among them many returned war veterans. The rioters are intent on destroying restaurants and other businesses belonging to a Toronto ethnic group whose nation of origin has maintained neutrality through the First World War. Which ethnicity? 4. 2000-06-15. Rocks and paint-bombs are hurled by demonstrators at police protecting Queen's Park. 300 mounted police respond with batons and pepper-spray. Toronto police chief Julian Fantino calls the actions of the organizers "domestic terrorism." Name the group behind the protest. 5. 1992-05-04. The Yonge St. Riot leads to 30 arrests and hundreds of smashed windows. The riot starts out as a demonstration against the Toronto police shooting of alleged crack dealer Raymond Lawrence, but takes its main impetus from a US court decision handed down 5 days previously. In what case? 6. Sunday, 1875-10-03. The Jubilee Riots. The presence of armed militia to keep the peace doesn't keep downtown Toronto from erupting into mayhem as a religious procession is attacked with stones and guns. Of which ethnicity are the marchers under attack? 7. 1933-08-16. Fists, clubs, bricks, and pipes. A 6-hour brawl erupts in Willowvale Park after a swastika banner is unfurled at a baseball game involving the mostly Jewish Harbord Playground club. How do Torontonians know Willowvale Park today? 8. During the 1930s, under Chief Dennis Draper, a special Toronto police team is formed to break strikes, disrupt demonstrations, and generally keep Toronto's lefties in check. In one instance, they disperse a crowd of 2,000 by turning their motorcycle exhaust pipes towards them to create a noxious cloud. Modeled and named after similar units in US police forces, how is this team known? 9. 1980-08-19. A no-show by this rock star sends 13,000 fans at the CNE Grandstand into a frenzy. Police defend themselves from projectiles with folding chairs. 31 are arrested, 12 hospitalized. Name the rocker. 10. 1981-02-08. Several days after the heavy-handed Operation Soap arrests 287 gay men in Toronto, demonstrators take over the streets of downtown, marching aggressively on 52 Division and Queen's Park. How are these "riots" known? -- Mark Brader | "Youths steal funds for charity" Toronto | --White Plains, NY, Reporter Dispatch msb@vex.net | February 17, 1982 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 12 09:59PM -0800 On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 11:14:02 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Each astrological age is approximately 2,150 years long, > on average. In which astrological age are we now, according > to the lyrics of a 5th Dimension hit? Age of Aquarius > in astrology was this astrologer and astronomer whose work > the "Tetrabiblos" laid the basis of the Western astrological > tradition. Who? Euclid (?) > court by Queen Catherine de Medici, and commissioned to draw up > the horoscope of the royal children. Pleased with the results, > she remained his patron until his death. Name him. Nostradamus > planets as they move through the horoscope. This is most often > done for the birth chart of an individual. Particular attention > is paid to changes of sign, or house. precession > planet, or when the Earth is itself passed by a faster-moving > inner body. In astrology, this backward movement is thought > to be unlucky. What is it called? retrograde > column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling > biography, "My Life and Prophecies". She also was the author > of "Do Cats have ESP?" Name her. Dixon > And he that suffers. O, it is excellent > To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous > To use it like a giant. "Measure for Measure" > Woman: > You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, > With most admired disorder. "Macbeth" > Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, > And deeper than did ever plummet sound > I'll drown my book. "The Tempest" > For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, > Turning again toward childish treble, pipes > And whistles in his sound. "As You Like It" > But in ourselves that we are underlings. > Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"? > Why should that name be sounded more than yours? "Julius Caesar" > against the Toronto police shooting of alleged crack dealer > Raymond Lawrence, but takes its main impetus from a US court > decision handed down 5 days previously. In what case? the "Rodney King" case (note: King was the victim, not the defendant) > erupting into mayhem as a religious procession is attacked > with stones and guns. Of which ethnicity are the marchers > under attack? Irish > exhaust pipes towards them to create a noxious cloud. > Modeled and named after similar units in US police forces, > how is this team known? SWAT -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 13 11:20AM +0100 > 1. Each astrological age is approximately 2,150 years long, > on average. In which astrological age are we now, according > to the lyrics of a 5th Dimension hit? Acquarius > court by Queen Catherine de Medici, and commissioned to draw up > the horoscope of the royal children. Pleased with the results, > she remained his patron until his death. Name him. Gallilei > transformed to a set of astrological tables showing the > changing zodiacal positions of the heavenly bodies through time. > What are these tables called? Fake news |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Nov 12 02:28PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > (Last name is sufficient.) > 2. He created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island". > He died last week at age 94. Who was he? Sherwood Schwartz > instant of India's arrival at independence, I tumbled forth > into the world." Name Salman Rushdie's epic novel of the > birth of India. Midnight's Child > letter of the line radiating from Toronto where that city lies. > Answers do not repeat. > 1. Chicago IL. T > 2. Cleveland OH. Q; R > 3. Detroit MI. S > 4. Montréal QC. F > 5. New York NY. K > 6. North Bay ON. Y; A > 7. Ottawa ON. G > 8. Pittsburgh PA. N > 9. Sault Ste. Marie ON. X > 10. Washington DC. M > 40. Jrlzbag DP. > 41. Juvgr Evire BA. > 42. Lbhatfgbja BU. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 12 11:11PM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. Another celebrity newborn with a ridiculous name: "Harper > Seven" came into the world last week. Who are her parents? > (Last name is sufficient.) Victoria and David Beckham. > 2. He created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island". > He died last week at age 94. Who was he? Sherwood Schwartz. Joshua and Pete got this. > But it was his second novel, the 1500-page "A Suitable Boy", > published in 1993, that made him an international best-seller. > Name him. Vikram Seth. 4 for Joshua. > 2. Vikas Swarup is both India's consul-general to Osaka-Kobe and > a successful novelist. His prize-winning debut, 2005's "Q&A", > was transformed into a prize-winning movie -- under what title? "Slumdog Millionaire". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > imagination? And where is Mrs. Moore when you need her? > East meets West somewhat disastrously in this classic > 1924 novel. Name it. "A Passage to India". 4 for Joshua. > instant of India's arrival at independence, I tumbled forth > into the world." Name Salman Rushdie's epic novel of the > birth of India. "Midnight's Children". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete. > Bengal and India's greatest literary figure, and """so far""" > the only Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1913. > Name him. Rabindranath Tagore. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > work on India -- featuring such characters Bagheera, Akela, > and Kaa the python -- was largely written in a wooden house > in Vermont in the dead of winter. Who was he? Rudyard Kipling ("The Jungle Book"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and short-listed for > the Booker. Most lucratively, his novel "A Fine Balance" > was selected for Oprah's Book Club. Who are we talking about? Rohinton Mistry. > best-seller list in 1997. But the world is still waiting > for the follow-up, as the author devotes herself full-time > to social and political activism. Name her. Arundhati Roy. 4 for Joshua. > Bangladesh-born Monica Ali portrays the lives of London's > Bangladeshi community. The novel takes its name from the > street at the heart of the community. Name it. "Brick Lane". > for the Booker """three""" times, including 1980's "Clear Light > of Day". Daughter Kiran won it in 2006 for "The Inheritance > of Loss". Their family name? Desai. (Still true.) > letter of the line radiating from Toronto where that city lies. > Answers do not repeat. > 1. Chicago IL. T. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 2. Cleveland OH. Q. 4 for Erland. 3 for Pete. 2 for Joshua. > 3. Detroit MI. S. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 4. Montréal QC. F. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 5. New York NY. K. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 6. North Bay ON. A. 2 for Pete. > 7. Ottawa ON. E. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 8. Pittsburgh PA. O. > 9. Sault Ste. Marie ON. X. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 10. Washington DC. M. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > So if you're interested, for fun but for no points... The possible > answers are BCDGHIJLNPRUVWYZ, and each one will occur exactly twice. > 11. Atlantic City NJ. L. Joshua got this. > 12. Bancroft ON. D. > 13. Beaverton ON. B. > 14. Bloomington IN. R. Joshua got this. > 15. Charleston WV. P. > 16. Findlay OH. R. > 17. Goderich ON. U. > 18. Jamestown NY. N. > 19. Kincardine ON. V. > 20. Kingston ON. G. > 21. Lindsay ON. C. > 22. Little Current ON. Y. > 23. Mackinaw City MI. W. > 24. Montpelier VT. H. > 25. Opasatika ON. Z. > 26. Petawawa ON. C. > 27. Philadelphia PA. L. Joshua got this. > 28. Plattsburgh NY. G. > 29. Providence RI. J. Joshua got this. > 30. Rome NY. I. > 31. Saratoga Springs NY. I. > 32. Sheboygan WI. U. > 33. Southampton ON. W. > 34. Springfield MA. J. > 35. Staunton VA. N. > 36. Stephenson WI. V. > 37. Sudbury ON. Z. > 38. Val d'Or QC. B. > 39. Watertown NY. H. > 40. Weymont QC. D. > 41. White River ON. Y. > 42. Youngstown OH. P. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Geo Joshua Kreitzer 28 25 53 Dan Blum 16 16 32 Dan Tilque 4 28 32 Pete Gayde 3 29 32 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8 -- Mark Brader | "Weight... wait... what?" Toronto | "Last night I had a dream that I weighed less msb@vex.net | than a thousandth of a gram. I was like, 0mg." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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