- RQFTCIFFF12 Game 3, Rounds 2-3 answers: CanRivers, exotic fruits - 4 Updates
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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 03 12:19AM -0600 Mark Brader: > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Which hockey player was diagnosed to have two broken bones > in his neck, after several misdiagnoses? Sydney Crosby. But in fact this was another misdiagnosis; he only had a soft-tissue injury! > 2. Name the website that is planning a massive IPO for > $5,000,000,000. Facebook. Erlacnd got this. > that's the name you need to give -- if we asked for the Loire, > you'd need to say the Bay of Biscay, not the Atlantic Ocean. > 1. Red R. L. Winnipeg. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 2. Grand R. L. Erie. > 3. St. John R. Bay of Fundy. 4 for Dan Blum (not so hilariously), Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Saguenay R. St. Lawrence R. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 5. Albany R. James Bay. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 6. Mackenzie R. Beaufort Sea. (See the Loire example.) 4 for Dan Tilque. > 7. Thompson R. Fraser R. > 8. St. Mary's R. (the one in Ontario). L. Huron (or North Channel). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > 9. Bow R. South Saskatchewan R. The Saskatchewan R. was also accepted in the original game, despite being a downstream body of water, so I'd've accepted it too. > 10. Churchill R. Hudson Bay. 4 for Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > We give you the name of an exotic fruit, and you give us the > number of the picture on the handout. > 1. Quince. #14. 3 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. Bitter melon. #1. > 3. Persimmon. #9. > 4. Pomegranate. #8. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 5. Dragon Fruit. #2. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 6. Lychee. #4. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. 2 for Joshua. > 7. Guava. #11. 3 for Dan Blum. > 8. Passion Fruit. #15. 4 for Erland. > 9. Kumquat. #7. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 10. Durian. #17. 4 for Erland and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua. > If you like, continue with the 8 decoys, given here in rot13, for > fun but for no points. > 11. Ackee fruit. #3. > 12. Breadfruit. #6. > 13. Citron. #18. Joshua got this. > 14. Fig. #16. > 15. Jackfruit. #12. > 16. Mango. #10. > 17. Papaya. #5. > 18. Soursop. #13. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Sci Dan Tilque 28 4 32 Pete Gayde 12 18 30 Dan Blum 4 24 28 Erland Sommarskog 4 20 24 Joshua Kreitzer 0 19 19 -- Mark Brader | "...all these superheroes really have the same super-power: Toronto | they have the writer(s) on their side." msb@vex.net | --Mark Leeper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 03 12:21AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-06, 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 3, Round 4 - Canadiana Sports - Canadian Tennis *Note*: Sorry, but I don't understand the organization of tennis tournaments well enough to try updating this round. Only the answers that were correct in 2012 will be accepted. 1. Name the Canadian tennis pro from Thornhill who """has already won""" 2 ATP tournaments in his young career. 2. Name either the *city* where <answer 1> won """*last* year""". or the *country* where he won """earlier *this* year""". 3. Who was the last Canadian male tennis player prior to <answer 1> to win the singles event at an ATP tournament? He """is""" perhaps best known for his tennis defection to Great Britain. 4. Name the Canadian who """is""" #1 all-time in doubles wins and """has won""" a career Grand Slam in doubles and """is currently""" #3 in the world in doubles. 5. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the previous question. Ng juvpu Bylzcvpf qvq Qnavry Arfgbe naq Fronfgvra Ynernh grnz hc gb jva n qbhoyrf tbyq zrqny? Tvir gur lrne be gur pvgl. 6. Which corporation """is the current""" title sponsor of the """two""" high-level tour events, one for males and one for females, that are annually played in Canada? 7. Name the woman tennis player who """is currently""" the highest-ranked Canadian in the world. 8. Name the Canadian tennis player, a fixture on the tour from the mid-1980's through the early 1990's, who was known as Hurricane Helen. 9. Name the Canadian female tennis player who reached #8 in the 1980s and starred in the movie "Spring Fever". She married fellow tennis pro Robert Seguso. 10. In which Canadian city """is""" the Davis Cup tie with France being played next weekend? * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Movie Quotes In each case, name the movie that featured the line and made it famous. 1. "As you wish." 2. "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" 3. "You can't handle the truth." 4. "There's no crying in baseball!" 5. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." 6. "What we have here... is failure to communicate." 7. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" 8. "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose any more. Goodbye." 9. "Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." 10. "Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." -- Mark Brader | I hate to get pedantic [*], but... Toronto | [*] I also lie a lot. msb@vex.net | --Jerry Friedman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 03 02:21AM -0600 Once again I started a new question set without starting a new thread. Please respond in either thread, but preferably this one. Sorry. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-06, 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 3, Round 4 - Canadiana Sports - Canadian Tennis *Note*: Sorry, but I don't understand the organization of tennis tournaments well enough to try updating this round. Only the answers that were correct in 2012 will be accepted. 1. Name the Canadian tennis pro from Thornhill who """has already won""" 2 ATP tournaments in his young career. 2. Name either the *city* where <answer 1> won """*last* year""". or the *country* where he won """earlier *this* year""". 3. Who was the last Canadian male tennis player prior to <answer 1> to win the singles event at an ATP tournament? He """is""" perhaps best known for his tennis defection to Great Britain. 4. Name the Canadian who """is""" #1 all-time in doubles wins and """has won""" a career Grand Slam in doubles and """is currently""" #3 in the world in doubles. 5. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the previous question. Ng juvpu Bylzcvpf qvq Qnavry Arfgbe naq Fronfgvra Ynernh grnz hc gb jva n qbhoyrf tbyq zrqny? Tvir gur lrne be gur pvgl. 6. Which corporation """is the current""" title sponsor of the """two""" high-level tour events, one for males and one for females, that are annually played in Canada? 7. Name the woman tennis player who """is currently""" the highest-ranked Canadian in the world. 8. Name the Canadian tennis player, a fixture on the tour from the mid-1980's through the early 1990's, who was known as Hurricane Helen. 9. Name the Canadian female tennis player who reached #8 in the 1980s and starred in the movie "Spring Fever". She married fellow tennis pro Robert Seguso. 10. In which Canadian city """is""" the Davis Cup tie with France being played next weekend? * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Movie Quotes In each case, name the movie that featured the line and made it famous. 1. "As you wish." 2. "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" 3. "You can't handle the truth." 4. "There's no crying in baseball!" 5. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." 6. "What we have here... is failure to communicate." 7. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" 8. "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose any more. Goodbye." 9. "Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." 10. "Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." -- Mark Brader | I hate to get pedantic [*], but... Toronto | [*] I also lie a lot. msb@vex.net | --Jerry Friedman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 03 02:04AM -0800 On Monday, January 3, 2022 at 12:21:25 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote: > 9. Name the Canadian female tennis player who reached #8 in the > 1980s and starred in the movie "Spring Fever". She married > fellow tennis pro Robert Seguso. Carling Bassett > * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Movie Quotes > In each case, name the movie that featured the line and made it famous. > 1. "As you wish." "The Princess Bride" > 2. "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" "In the Heat of the Night" > 3. "You can't handle the truth." "A Few Good Men" > 4. "There's no crying in baseball!" "A League of Their Own" > 5. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." "Apocalypse Now" > 6. "What we have here... is failure to communicate." "Cool Hand Luke" > 7. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" > 8. "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose any more. Goodbye." "2001: A Space Odyssey" > 9. "Surely you can't be serious." > "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." "Airplane!" > 10. "Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is > no basis for a system of government." "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 03 02:21AM -0600 <6aCdnYYJ36l9CE_8nZ2dnUU7-e3NnZ2d@giganews.com> was cancelled from within trn. |
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