| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 09 02:01AM -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 9 - History - They Were Contemporaries The following pairs of people were alive at the same time, at some point in each of their lives. In some cases, they were rivals or colleagues. In others, they may not even have been aware of each other. Name any year *both* were alive, 1. Samuel de Champlain and Martin Frobisher. 2. Franz Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. 3. Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine and Lord Durham (John Lambton). 4. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. 5. James Madison and Abraham Lincoln. 6. Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle. 7. Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. 8. King Louis XVI and Napoleon Bonaparte. 9. Bob Marley and Buddy Holly. 10. Steve McQueen (the actor, not the director) and River Phoenix. ** Game 3, Round 10 - The Challenge Round of Death * A. Dead Movies Name them. A1. This 2004 British zombie comedy is about a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother, and stepfather. Oh, and at the same time he has to cope with an apocalyptic uprising of zombies. A2. This 2004 horror-movie remake depicts a handful of human survivors taking refuge in a shopping mall surrounded by swarms of zombies. Filmed in Thornhill, it starred Sarah Polley. * B. Dead Sea B1. Name the river that is the only major water source flowing into the Dead Sea. B2. Anyone can easily float in the Dead Sea because of natural buoyancy. What about the water causes this? * C. Dead Car Companies C1. In 1988 this car company, then the maker of the Jeep brand, was bought out by Chrysler and ceased to exist. Name it. C2. This automobile manufacturer and brand was established in 1985 as a subsidiary of General Motors, in response to the success of Japanese automobile imports. Quality was never very good, and GM discontinued the company and brand in 2009. Name the brand. * D. 2011 Sports Deaths D1. Name the Canadian coach of the KHL's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, who died along with the entire team in the crash of their plane on 2011-09-07. D2. Name the driver who died in a fiery collision at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 race. * E. Science of Death E1. This post-mortem phenomenon is just a myth. What really happens is that after death the body dehydrates, causing the skin to shrink back. But what is the myth? E2. The formula (98.4 - R) / 1.5, where R is the rectal temperature of the corpse in Fahrenheit, is used to estimate what? * F. Historical Assassinations F1. What historical figure did Gavrilo Princip of Bosnia assassinate? F2. What historical figure did anarchist Leon Frank Czolgosz assassinate? -- Mark Brader | "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. Toronto | I said I didn't know." msb@vex.net | --Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jan 08 09:25AM -0800 On Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 12:40:41 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > whose alter ego, Steve Rogers, was a frail young man who was > enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental > serum in order to aid the United States war effort? 9 > 2. Which picture depicts the superhero whose alter ego, Tony Stark, > is a businessman and owner of a multi-billion-dollar corporation? 5 > 3. Name the superhero in picture #10. the flash > 4. Name the superhero in picture #13. daredevil > 5. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #15? bruce banner > 6. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #7? peter parker > 7. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #2? the fantastic four > 8. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #6? the uncanny x-men > 9. Name the superhero in picture #1. aquaman > 10. Name the superhero in picture #14. green lantern > Note: if any of them take place in suburbs, give the *main city* > of the metropolitan area. > 1. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler. montreal > 2. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. new york > 3. "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane. boston > 4. "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice. new orleans > 5. "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. chicago > 6. "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. san francisco > 7. "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. los angeles > 8. "The Rainmaker" by John Grisham. memphis > 9. "Barometer Rising" by Hugh MacLennan. halifax > 10. "Headhunter" by Timothy Findley. toronto? swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 09 01:59AM -0600 Mark Brader: > title and preamble went in the original game, but as you will see, > Lee certainly did not create all of these characters. Presumably > he did draw them all, or write stories about them, at some point.) Yes, even the non-Marvel characters. Anyway, this was the easiest round in the original game and the second-easiest in the entire season. > whose alter ego, Steve Rogers, was a frail young man who was > enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental > serum in order to aid the United States war effort? #9 (Captain America). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 2. Which picture depicts the superhero whose alter ego, Tony Stark, > is a businessman and owner of a multi-billion-dollar corporation? #5 (Iron Man). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 3. Name the superhero in picture #10. The Flash. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 4. Name the superhero in picture #13. Daredevil. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 5. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #15? Bruce Banner. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 6. What is the alter ego of the superhero in picture #7? Peter Parker. 4 for everyone. > 7. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #2? Fantastic Four. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 8. What is the name of the group of superheroes in picture #6? The X-Men. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 9. Name the superhero in picture #1. Aquaman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 10. Name the superhero in picture #14. Green Lantern. 4 for everyone. > Note: if any of them take place in suburbs, give the *main city* > of the metropolitan area. > 1. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler. Montreal. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 2. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. New York. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 3. "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane. Boston. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen. 3 for Pete. > 4. "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice. New Orleans. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 5. "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 6. "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. San Francisco. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 7. "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Los Angeles. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Stephen. > 8. "The Rainmaker" by John Grisham. Memphis. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > 9. "Barometer Rising" by Hugh MacLennan. Halifax. 4 for Stephen. > 10. "Headhunter" by Timothy Findley. Toronto. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Sci Can Ent Art Lit FOUR Dan Blum 4 24 3 40 40 31 135 Joshua Kreitzer 0 19 4 40 40 34 133 Dan Tilque 28 4 0 32 40 16 116 Pete Gayde 12 18 3 36 32 15 101 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 80 Erland Sommarskog 4 20 0 4 12 4 40 -- Mark Brader | Republicans... admire the Government of the United States Toronto | so much that they would like to buy it. msb@vex.net | --Harry Truman, 1948 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 08 08:47PM +0100 This quiz is over, and the winner is STEPHEN W. PERRY who for the next 24 hours can enjoy the unanimous devotion of this newsgroup! And we all hope that you recover from covid soon. I hope that given your shots and previous attack your symptoms are mild! Here is the score table: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total ----------------------------------------------------- Stephen P - - 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 8 Dan B 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 7 Joshua K 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 7 Mark B - 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 6 Pete G - - - 1 - - 1 - 1 1 - 1 5 Dan T 1 - - 1 - - - 1 1 - - 1 5 And here are the correct answers. > 1. According to a census, this island had a population of 7.7 million > in 1831. However, the current population is about 10 % less, > 6.9 million. Which is the island? Ireland. 1831, that was before the starvation disaster in the 1842. > 2. The denizens of which national capital are known as Porteños? Buenos Aires. Which is in Argentina, but I asked for the city, Two entrants had Lisbon. Had that been the case, the word would have been spelled "Portenhos". (When I google that word, I end up in Buenos Aires again.) > 3. Judit Polgár belongs to the top élite in which field? Chess. > 4. The World Championship for Juniors in which sport was slated > to run for the better part of this week, but was cancelled last > week after a few games due to several cases of covid-19? Ice hockey. Hockey was sufficient. They would not play a world championship in field hockey this time of year, would they? > 5. Which family situation do President of the European Commission > Ursula von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have > in common? (At least according to the official information!) Both have seven children. Ursula von der Leyen's children all have the same father, her husband. This in difference to Boris Johnson who has children with three different women, including his current wife, whom he married while in office, and who has given birth twice since. Rumours do not exclude that there might be more, whence the parenetical remark. > 6. "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters", "The Castle of Adventures" > and "Five Go Off in a Caravan" are all titles from which author > of children's books? Enid Blyton. All these titles are from 1946. > 7. The Hindenburg disaster became the end of what era? The era of commercial airship travel. All allusions to airship or Zeppelin were OK. > 8. In 1960, which country was the first where a woman reached the > office of Prime Minster through elections? Sri Lanka. (Sirimavo Bandaranaike). I'm impressed that so many entrants got his one. Certainly not the first-hand guess. I'm even more impressed by Stephen of remembering her name! > 9. If you are making a choice between Lapsang Souchong, Formosa Oolong > and Darjeeling, what are you contemplating to buy? Tea > 10. Which 1988 action movie takes place in the Nakatomi Plaza tower? Die Hard > 11. Richard Neville was a key figure during a troubled time in > British history. He is often referred to by which moniker? Kingmaker While himself being a descendant of John of Gaunt, and thus belonging to the house of Lancaster, the 16th Earl of Warwick (as he might be more known as) was a close ally of Richard of York, and was instrumetnal of Edward IV's ascension to the throne. Later, Warwick got more and more displeased with Edward, and first tried to replace him with his brother, but this failed. Instead he allied with the Lancaster leader, Queen Margret, and brought back Henry VI. But Edward came back, and in the decisive battle between the two, Warwick lost his life. > 12. When someone says that this year's model is A(H3N2), what are they > talking about? Seasonal flu. Any mention of flu was OK, as long it was not overly specific in the wrong direction. I did not approve "bird flu", since those are different strains. (The one in the question is the one behind the Hongkong flu in 1968.) Nor did I approve of "Influenza vaccine", since the latter combination really is the identification of the virus. Hopefully, the vaccine model of the year targets the same strain that causes the flu, but they do not always bet on the right horse. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 08 03:53PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > those are different strains. (The one in the question is the one behind > the Hongkong flu in 1968.) Nor did I approve of "Influenza vaccine", > since the latter combination really is the identification of the virus. You said "model", implying that you were talking about something that is designed, therefore not the disease strain itself. I have seen flu strain identifiers like "H3N2", but not like "A(H3N2)". I guessed that the "A" part referred to the vaccine in relation to the flu strain. > Hopefully, the vaccine model of the year targets the same strain that > causes the flu, but they do not always bet on the right horse. True, but I think irrelevant to the question wording. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "If disapproval we will drawback." msb@vex.net --seen on a box of cookies My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 08 10:14PM -0800 On 1/8/22 11:47 AM, Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> week after a few games due to several cases of covid-19? > Ice hockey. Hockey was sufficient. They would not play a world championship > in field hockey this time of year, would they? The 2021 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup was scheduled for Dec 5-12, 2021, in South Africa but postponed for the same reason. So Field Hockey as an answer was only off by about a month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Women%27s_FIH_Hockey_Junior_World_Cup -- Dan Tilque |
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