| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 23 03:38AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-01-30, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2, Round 7 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Artists Please see: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/02-07/art.pdf>. We give you the name of a well-known Canadian artist, and you give us the number corresponding to one of their works. 1. Tom Thomson. 2. Lawren Harris. 3. Norval Morrisseau. 4. Alex Colville. 5. Jean Paul Riopelle. 6. Ken Danby. 7. Emily Carr. 8. Arthur Lismer. 9. Kathleen Munn. 10. Frederick Verner. Here are the other 8 artists in alphabetical order. Decode the rot13 if you want to name them for fun, but for no points. 11. Eboreg Ongrzna. 12. Orawnzva Purr Purr. 13. N.L. Wnpxfba. 14. Wnpdhrf Fpuretraf. 15. Wnpx Funqobyg. 16. Serqn Crzoregba Fzvgu. 17. Serqrevpx Ineyrl. 18. Ubzre Jngfba. * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Weather 1. What is the name of the scale used for measuring tornado intensity? 2. What name is given to the ocean current responsible for keeping the ocean waters and air temperatures off the western coast of North America relatively cool? 3. What kind of storm is a haboob? 4. The wettest place in the United States is located in which state? This locale average about 500 inches of rain per annum, and precipitation falls on over 90% of the days in the year. 5. Meteorologists call these winds föhn winds, from the German. Argentinians call them zonda winds, and South Africans, bergwinds. What name is given to this type of wind in certain parts of Canada where they occur? 6. What is the name given to lines on a meteorological map that connect places of equal air pressure? 7. Name the 1992 hurricane that hit southern Florida, causing $26,500,000,000 US of damage, a record at the time. 8. This weather event has been called the greatest natural disaster in Canadian history. Insurance claims topped $800,000,000 and the monthly national GDP dropped by almost 1% in January of the year of the event. Name this weather disaster (for full points include the year, within 1). 9. This is a luminous, and often audible, electric discharge. It occurs around objects, especially pointed ones, when the electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value near 1,000 volts per centimeter. It often occurs during stormy weather and might be seen on a ship's mast or yardarm, aircraft, lightning rods, and steeples. Name this weather phenomenon. 10. What common name is given to lightning that occurs so far away from the observer that no thunder can be heard? It is sometimes confused with "dry lightning" because often it's not raining at the observer's location. -- Mark Brader, "It is impossible. Solution follows..." Toronto, msb@vex.net -- Richard Heathfield My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 23 03:36AM -0600 Mark Brader: > of victim between 1590 and 1610. Later writings led to legendary > accounts of her bathing in the blood of virgins in order to > retain her youth. Name her. Elizabeth Bathory. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > knight, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms > of Joan of Arc. But he is perhaps best known as a prolific > serial killer of children. Name him. Gilles de Rais. 4 for Dan Blum. > 3. What *nickname* was given to Gary Ridgway, who was convicted of > the murders of 49 women in the Seattle area during the 1980s and > '90s? The Green River Killer. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > letters describing the details of the killings to police and > to local news outlets during the period of time in which the > murders took place. BTK Killer. ("Bind, Torture, Kill.") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > the 1940s and '50s. He murdered at least 8 females by strangling > them in his flat in Notting Hill, London. Name the 1971 *movie*, > starring Richard Attenborough, that told his story. "10 Rillington Place". > Wuornos, who murdered 7 men in Florida in 1989 and 1990. > Name the 2003 *movie*, starring Charlize Theron, that told > her story. "Monster". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 7. CODIS is a database funded by the United States FBI. It is > useful in the identification of suspects in crimes such as serial > murders. What *type of information* is stored in the database? DNA. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > mostly involved women leading high-risk transient lifestyles, > and were difficult to solve. As a result, in 2009 the FBI > launched the HSK initiative. What do the letters HSK stand for? Highway Serial Killer. Yes, it was that obvious. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 9. Which serial killer was known as either the Milwaukee Monster > or the Milwaukee Cannibal? Name him or her. Jeffrey Dahmer. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 10. What was the real name of the Son of Sam? David Berkowitz. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > name or nickname will be accepted for fictional characters, and > you may also, alternatively, name the real-life person playing them. > 1. "Would you believe...?" Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, agent 86 ("Get Smart"). 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 2. "Sufferin' succotash!" Sylvester the cat ("Looney Tunes" cartoons). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 3. "The tribe has spoken." Jeff Probst ("Survivor"). 4 for Joshua. > 4. "No soup for you!" Larry Thomas as Yev Kassem the Soup Nazi ("Seinfeld"). "Soup Nazi" was sufficient. 4 for everyone. Today, there is a chain of soup places in the US and Canada called the Soup Nutsy. (Still true.) > 5. "Dyn-o-mite!" Jimmy Walker as J.J. Evans ("Good Times"). "J.J." was sufficient. 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Pete. > 6. "God'll get you for that." Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay ("Maude"). "Maude" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Pete. > 7. "Respect my authori-ta!" Eric Cartman ("South Park"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 8. "I love it when a plan comes together!" George Peppard as Hannibal ("The A-Team"). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Dan Blum. > 9. "Good night, and good luck." Edward R. Murrow ("See it Now"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 10. "I know nothing!" John Banner as Sgt. Schultz ("Hogan's Heroes"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Spo Mis Ent Joshua Kreitzer 40 20 28 40 128 Dan Blum 32 16 32 20 100 Pete Gayde 40 15 12 32 99 Dan Tilque 28 12 12 16 68 Erland Sommarskog 0 16 -- -- 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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