| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 24 07:44AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-27, 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 5, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Last Friday a coroner opened Australia's fourth inquest into a notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama: the 1980 death of a 9-week-old baby. How do the parents explain the death? 2. Researchers have discovered which new type of planet, which had a movie with the same name? * Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana - African-Canadians In each case, name the well-known African-Canadian from the description provided. 1. She started her involvement in politics in Montreal in the late 1960s. She ran for a seat in Parliament twice, losing both times to David Crombie. In 1984 she was the first African-Canadian to be appointed to the Senate. Name her. 2. After university she was an elementary-school principal with the Metropolitan Separate School Board in Toronto. In the 1993 federal election, she became the first African-Canadian woman elected to the Parliament of Canada and subsequently the first black woman in a federal cabinet. 3. This Toronto resident """is""" a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2002 won the Giller Prize for "The Polished Hoe". 4. This writer was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, and won the 2011 Giller prize for the novel "Half Blood Blues." 5. In the 1996 Olympics, in addition to winning gold in the 100 m sprint, Donovan Bailey also anchored Canada's 4×100 m relay team to a gold medal. Name any one of his three *teammates*, all African-Canadians. 6. This native of Scarborough played for 8 different NHL teams in a career that ran from 1996 to 2008. He """is""" perhaps best known for scoring an overtime goal in the gold-medal game for Canada at the 2003 World Hockey Championships. 7. In the 1980s and 1990s she was lead vocalist for two rock bands, Alta Moda and Infidels. """Now""" concentrating on jazz, her 2008 release "Lucky" took home the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. Since 2008 she """has been""" a host of Radio 2's "Morning Weekend". 8. Born in 1972, Kevin Brereton is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His 2002 debut album "Exit" received much attention both in Canada and internationally. What """is""" his musical name? 9. In 1968, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons, winning a seat for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becoming Canada's first black Member of Parliament. He held the seat for four successive elections. 10. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1985 in the suburban Toronto riding of Scarborough North. He was appointed Minister of Housing, the first African-Canadian to hold a cabinet-level position in Ontario. What was his name? * Game 5, Round 3 - Sports - Greatest Upsets Where a question asks for a team, you need to give enough of the name to make it unambiguous. For example, "Manchester United", not "Manchester". 1. Name the NCAA basketball team that was the first to start 5 African-American players and then beat the Kentucky Wildcats in the 1966 championship game. 2. Which team with Jim Valvano as coach upset the heavily favored Houston Cougars to win the 1983 NCAA championship? 3. Who was the 45-year heavyweight boxer and griller that came out of a 20-year retirement to beat Michael Moorer in 1994? 4. Buster Douglas won a huge upset victory against what world heavyweight champion in Japan in 1990? 5. Which National League underdog team miraculously defeated the pitching-heavy Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series? 6. In 2010, what 8th-place team rode hot goaltending to beat the Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs? 7. Appalachian State upset which college football powerhouse at the Big House for perhaps college football's biggest upset? 8. What formerly undefeated horse did Upset beat in 1919 to help popularize the term? 9. In 1998 which team upset the heavily-favored defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers? The win was the first by an AFC team in 14 years and the first for this team in five Super Bowl appearances. 10. Which AFC team upset the St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" in the 2002 Super Bowl? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Normal caution suffices. In almost 70 years here, msb@vex.net | I have not been killed even once." --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jan 24 05:34PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Last Friday a coroner opened Australia's fourth inquest into a > notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama: the 1980 death > of a 9-week-old baby. How do the parents explain the death? Eaten by a dingo > 1. Name the NCAA basketball team that was the first to start > 5 African-American players and then beat the Kentucky Wildcats > in the 1966 championship game. Texas Western; Loyola of Chicago > 2. Which team with Jim Valvano as coach upset the heavily favored > Houston Cougars to win the 1983 NCAA championship? North Carolina State > 3. Who was the 45-year heavyweight boxer and griller that came > out of a 20-year retirement to beat Michael Moorer in 1994? Foreman > 4. Buster Douglas won a huge upset victory against what world > heavyweight champion in Japan in 1990? Tyson > 5. Which National League underdog team miraculously defeated the > pitching-heavy Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series? New York Mets > 6. In 2010, what 8th-place team rode hot goaltending to beat the > Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs? Boston Bruins; Montreal Canadiens > 7. Appalachian State upset which college football powerhouse at > the Big House for perhaps college football's biggest upset? University of Michigan > 8. What formerly undefeated horse did Upset beat in 1919 to help > popularize the term? Man O' War > champion Green Bay Packers? The win was the first by an AFC > team in 14 years and the first for this team in five Super > Bowl appearances. Denver Broncos; Kansas City Chiefs > 10. Which AFC team upset the St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" > in the 2002 Super Bowl? New England Patriots Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 24 10:24PM -0800 On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 7:45:04 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Last Friday a coroner opened Australia's fourth inquest into a > notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama: the 1980 death > of a 9-week-old baby. How do the parents explain the death? attacked by a dingo > a career that ran from 1996 to 2008. He """is""" perhaps best > known for scoring an overtime goal in the gold-medal game for > Canada at the 2003 World Hockey Championships. Anson Carter (?) > 1. Name the NCAA basketball team that was the first to start > 5 African-American players and then beat the Kentucky Wildcats > in the 1966 championship game. Texas Western > 2. Which team with Jim Valvano as coach upset the heavily favored > Houston Cougars to win the 1983 NCAA championship? North Carolina State > 3. Who was the 45-year heavyweight boxer and griller that came > out of a 20-year retirement to beat Michael Moorer in 1994? George Foreman > 4. Buster Douglas won a huge upset victory against what world > heavyweight champion in Japan in 1990? Mike Tyson > 5. Which National League underdog team miraculously defeated the > pitching-heavy Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series? New York Mets > 7. Appalachian State upset which college football powerhouse at > the Big House for perhaps college football's biggest upset? Michigan > 8. What formerly undefeated horse did Upset beat in 1919 to help > popularize the term? Man o' War -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.co |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 24 11:43PM -0800 On 1/24/22 05:44, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Last Friday a coroner opened Australia's fourth inquest into a > notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama: the 1980 death > of a 9-week-old baby. How do the parents explain the death? eaten by dingo > 2. Researchers have discovered which new type of planet, which > had a movie with the same name? superEarth ?? > Houston Cougars to win the 1983 NCAA championship? > 3. Who was the 45-year heavyweight boxer and griller that came > out of a 20-year retirement to beat Michael Moorer in 1994? Foreman > heavyweight champion in Japan in 1990? > 5. Which National League underdog team miraculously defeated the > pitching-heavy Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series? New York Mets > Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs? > 7. Appalachian State upset which college football powerhouse at > the Big House for perhaps college football's biggest upset? Michigan > champion Green Bay Packers? The win was the first by an AFC > team in 14 years and the first for this team in five Super > Bowl appearances. Buffalo Bills -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 24 07:41AM -0600 Mark Brader: > should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... see > my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 4 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner. Hearty congratulations! > Answers may repeat. > 1. Which planet takes the least time to complete one rotation on > its axis, just under 10 hours? Jupiter. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. For some reason three different entrants guessed Mercury, the second-worst answer at 59 days. > 2. Provided that their eccentricity is greater than 0 and less > than 1, the orbits of heavenly bodies must have what specific > geometric shape? Ellipse. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 3. This moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in the solar system. > Name it. Ganymede. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 4. Which planet shows the most flattening? That is, the highest > ratio of the equatorial to the polar diameter. Saturn. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Joshua. > 5. Mars has a thin atmosphere, 95% of which consists of what gas? Carbon dioxide. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > and even had oceans. However, about 4,000,000,000 years ago > Mars lost something, and since then the solar wind has eroded > the oceans and much of the atmosphere. What did Mars lose? Its magnetic field (magnetosphere). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Uranus """has 27 known""" natural satellites. The names for > these moons have been chosen from characters from the works of > two writers. Name *either*. William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque. Both writers had characters named Ariel. Of the other moons, 24 names come from Shakespeare and 2 from Pope. > accorded 5 bodies in the solar system the status of dwarf planet. > Pluto is the largest and best-known. Name any of the other four. > *Note*: Only the 2012 answer will be accepted. Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque. The IAU web site still lists only those five, but other sources imply that other bodies qualify. I decided to duck the issue by only accepting the 2012 answer. > 9. Name this largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, whose diameter > is over 50% of Pluto's. The name is from a character in Greek > mythology who has an association with Pluto. Charon. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > was composed of multiple smaller rings with gaps between them; > the largest of these gaps was later named after him. What was > his name? Giovanni Cassini. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round - "Be My Valentine" This was the second-hardest round in the original game, after current events. > A1. This actress """is""" best known for her role as a > high-school teacher in the 1970s TV series "Room 222". > Name her. Karen Valentine. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete. > part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Eddie Murphy > played the con artist; what was his character's *name* > in the film? Billy Ray Valentine. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > mass murder of 7 mob associates as part of a Prohibition-era > conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago... > in what year, within 1? 1929 (accepting 1928-30). 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. > B2. One of those gangs was the South Side Italian gang, led by > Al Capone; the other was the North Side Irish gang, led > by who? Bugs Moran. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > C1. St. Valentine was a Roman who was martyred for refusing to > give up Christianity. He died on February 14 -- in *what > year*, within 50? 269 (accepting 219-319). 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > C2. Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. > In ancient Rome, February 14 was a holiday to honor which > goddess? Juno. 4 for Erland and Stephen. > * D. It Happened on February 14 > D1. What US state became the 48th state of the union on > 1912-02-14? Arizona. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque. New Mexico had just become the 47th state on 1912-01-06. > pride of the British fleet, the HMS Hood, in the Battle of > the Denmark Strait in May 1941, but was itself sunk by the > British Royal Navy in September. Name the German battleship. Bismarck. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque. ObMovie: "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960). > and C. The folic acid is said to boost histamine production > necessary for the ability to reach orgasm in both sexes. > Name it. Asparagus. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. > sexual that they forbade it. On the other side, it is > rich with folic acid, vitamin B6, and potassium. It is > also said to boost the immune system. Name it. Avocado. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > raised in British Columbia. Her birth name was Margaret > Elizabeth Chan. She """is""" an actress with major roles in > "The Big Chill" and "Agnes of God". Name her. Meg Tilly. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > F2. Born 1945-02-14 in New York City, he """is""" an actor/dancer > with major roles in "White Nights" and "Tap". Name him. Gregory Hines. (He died in 2003.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Mis Spo Ent Lit Geo Sci Cha FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 23 40 40 40 40 26 36 196 Dan Blum 18 16 36 32 40 36 16 162 Dan Tilque 20 28 8 24 40 36 10 148 Pete Gayde 18 36 -- 28 40 6 18 140 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- 40 48 88 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- 0 36 24 8 80 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Fear is an incompetent teacher." msb@vex.net --Michael Chabon, ST:Picard My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 24 11:20PM -0800 On 1/24/22 05:41, Mark Brader wrote: > The IAU web site still lists only those five, but other sources > imply that other bodies qualify. I decided to duck the issue by > only accepting the 2012 answer. There are other solar system bodies that probably qualify. But the IAU is the authority that makes it official and they haven't added any since the original five.* In terms of science, dwarf planet is a useless category. No one writes a research proposal that they're going to study dwarf planets as a class.** If they're going to study groups of objects, it'll most likely be some subset of asteroids or TNOs. But not one asteroid and four TNOs, where the TNOs belong to three (I think) different subclasses. * My guess is that they just let the category drop. That is, no one at the IAU is responsible for adding more of them. ** The same can be said of planets, BTW. -- Dan Tilque |
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