Sunday, July 31, 2022

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 30 11:58PM +0200

This is quiz is over and Joshua Kreizer is the undisputed winnner with
a perfect score, amazing!
 
Here are the scores:


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Joshua 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - 9
Mark B - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 7
Pete G - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 7
Dan T - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 6
 
 
And here are the answers:
 
> 1. Skanderbeg
 
Albania.
 
Although there was no Albanian state in the 15th century, it was
due Skanderbeg that the Albanians was the last people to be
subdued by the Ottomans in this part of the Balkan peninsula.
 
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile. He was one of independence leaders.
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
Korea. (No distinction needed between North and South here)
 
Sejong was king in the 15th centuty, and is considered as one of
the greatest leaders in Korean history. His partcicular claim to
fame is the development of the Hangul script, which is a phonetic
script, in difference to the ideographic characters. Some records
claimed the he invented it himself.

> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Sweden. When he was crowned king 1523, this marked the end of the
Union of Kalmar, and re-established Sweden as an independent state.
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
Ukraine. He was a writer and artist who was instrumental in
forming a modern Ukranian literary language. I think all
Ukranian cities I have visited have a statue of Sevchenko,
often in bigger format. Here is one example from Poltava:
http://privat.sommarskog.se/Ukraina2014/Mellan/05-Poltava-
trainview/120_IMG_1326.jpg.
 
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
 
Turkey. The founder of the modern Turkish state from the remnants
of the Ottoman empire.
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haïti. Leader of the slave revolt that lead to Haïti's independence.
 
> 8. José Martí
 
Cuba. The only reason I know about him, is his frequent appearances
in the Toronto pub quizzes. :-)
 
> 9. Marianne
 
France. In difference to everyone else, not a rel person, but an
personification of the French ideals.
 
> 10. Julius Nyrere
 
Tanzania. The first president of Tanzania, and instrumental in the
unification of Tangayika and Zanibar.
 
> 11. José de San Martín
 
Argentina. Independence leader, not only for Argentina, but also Chile
and Perú. But it his in native Argentina that the worship is taken
to a different level. The are many Argetinian cities where the
main square is Piazza San Martin, or the main drag is named after
him.

> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
Pakistan. The first governor-general of Pakistan, and also the driving
force that there would be a separate Muslim state formed on the
Indian subcontinent.
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jul 30 11:56AM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
> letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
> in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
Q and J
 
 
> 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
> surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
> are you experiencing?
 
2; 3
 
> which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
> Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
> more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
 
Edmonton; Vancouver
 
> conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
> and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
> Galileo's death?
 
Hawking
 
 
> 10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
> hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
 
Rabbit
 
 
> C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
> subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
> zone.
 
One plate moves under an adjacent plate
 
> It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
> the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
> Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
 
Rick rolled
 
> a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
> Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
> his decision.
 
A fumble cannot be advanced by the offensive team in the last 2 minutes
of a half.
 
> steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
> tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
> base from second?
 
To force the first baseman to cover first base for any attempted
pick-off throws from the pitcher, thus creating a bigger gap on the
right side of the infield.
 
 
Pete Gayde
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Saturday, July 30, 2022

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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 29 05:17PM -0700

On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 11:47:13 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
> letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
> in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
J and W

> 5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
> of what?
 
insulin
 
> conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
> and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
> Galileo's death?
 
Hawking

> 10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
> hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
 
rabbit
 
> at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
> I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
> process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
 
etching
 
> Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
> growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
> fertilization.
 
parthenogenesis
 
> sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
> from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
> specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
 
deposition
 
 
> C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
> subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
> zone.
 
one tectonic plate slides under another
 
> while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
> What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
> NBC's "The Office".
 
planking

> It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
> the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
> Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
 
rickrolling
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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Friday, July 29, 2022

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 29 04:46AM

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', 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 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
 
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
 
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
 
4. What Canadian is known as the "father of modern medicine"
and the "father of pathology"?
 
5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
of what?
 
6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
 
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
 
8. To continue having marijuana available for research when it was
still illegal to use, the Canadian government decided to grow its
stash in an abandoned mine shaft near a certain Canadian city,
which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
 
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
 
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
 
 
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
 
For this week's challenge round, either we give a description
and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term
and must describe what it means.
 
* A. Describing Art and Wax
 
A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a
thick layer of clay. I bake the clay in an oven, where
the wax melts and runs out. I now use the hollow clay as
a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
sculpture. What is this technique called?
 
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
 
 
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
 
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
 
B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.
Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the
rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to
turn directly into a coating of hoar frost. What is the
scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas
to solid without forming a liquid? It is sometimes known as
sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
 
 
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
 
C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land
may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
rebound". Explain this.
 
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
 
 
* D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases
 
D1. This term was first coined in the 1983 report "Native
Children and the Child Welfare System". It refers to
the practice, beginning in the 1960s, of apprehending
an unusually high percentage of children from aboriginal
Canadians, usually without prior knowledge or permission of
their families and bands, and adopting them out to white
middle-class families. The victims of this practice were
the subject of numerous news reports, case studies, and
class-action lawsuits in later years. What is the term?
 
D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction
with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis. It refers to people who had
emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved
permanently back to their original home country, keeping
their Canadian citizenship as a safety net. Many sources
had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first
MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
for people who almost all returned back within a month.
What is the term?
 
 
* E. Describing Internet Memes
 
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
 
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
 
 
* F. Tough Descriptions of Sports Rules
 
F1. The Denver Broncos are approaching the end zone in the last
minute of the game, trailing by 4 points. The quarterback
hands the ball off to a running back, who charges forward.
The running back is hit hard, 10 yards short of the end zone
and fumbles the ball. It squirts into the end zone, where
a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
his decision.
 
F2. In reaction to numerous instances of what they considered
"making a travesty of the game", in 1908 Major League
Baseball instituted rule 7.08i, stating that the bases must
be run in order. But until then, players would sometimes
try to steal *backwards* from second base to first. But why
would anyone want to do this? Okay, it might confuse the
opponents a bit, and one man, Detroit's Germany Schaefer,
allegedly just wanted to improve his base-stealing
statistics. (He remains the last man to successfully
steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
base from second?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
msb@vex.net | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know."
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 29 04:56AM

> confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
> letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
> in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
J and Q
 
> 2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
 
it's not connected to any other bone
 
> 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
> surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
> are you experiencing?
 
2
 
> 6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
> discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
 
Pons
 
> 7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
 
Ottawa; Toronto
 
> conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
> and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
> Galileo's death?
 
Hawking
 
> 10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
> hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
 
rabbit
 
> a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
> a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
> sculpture. What is this technique called?
 
lost-wax method
 
> at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
> I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
> process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
 
intaglio
 
> Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
> growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
> fertilization.
 
parthenogenesis
 
 
> C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
> subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
> zone.
 
one plate is sliding under another
 
> MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
> for people who almost all returned back within a month.
> What is the term?
 
convenience Canadians
 
> while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
> What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
> NBC's "The Office".
 
planking
 
> It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
> the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
> Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
 
rickrolling
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 28 11:21PM -0700

On 7/28/22 21:46, Mark Brader wrote:
> confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
> letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
> in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
J, Q
 
 
> 2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
 
not touching any other bone
 
 
> 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
> surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
> are you experiencing?
 
2
 
> and the "father of pathology"?
 
> 5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
> of what?
 
insulin
 
 
> 6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
> discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
 
Pons
 
 
> 7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
 
Ottawa
 
> which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
> Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
> more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
 
Sudbury
 
> conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
> and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
> Galileo's death?
 
Hawking
 
 
> 10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
> hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
 
rabbit
 
> a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
> a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
> sculpture. What is this technique called?
 
lost wax casting
 
> at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
> I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
> process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
 
acid etching
 
> Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
> growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
> fertilization.
 
parthenogenesis
 
> may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
> rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
> rebound". Explain this.
 
During the ice age, thick glaciers pushed the land downward. After the
ice melted, the land is returning to its original height.
 
 
> C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
> subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
> zone.
 
Oceanic crust is being over ridden by continental crust, so it dives to
into the mantle. Eventually, it gets to a hot enough level that it melts
and returns to the surface as lava in volcanic eruptions.
 
> It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
> the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
> Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
 
rickrolling
 
> a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
> Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
> his decision.
 
A fumble into the endzone is a touchback
 
> steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
> tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
> base from second?
 
Trying to get a throw to first base while a runner on third base scores.
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 29 10:09AM +0200

> confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
> letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
> in the periodic table. Name *both*.
 
J and Q
 
> 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
> surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
> are you experiencing?
 
Two

> 7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
 
Ottawa

> conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
> and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
> Galileo's death?
 
Sagan

> may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
> rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
> rebound". Explain this.
 
The land was depressed by during the ice age due to the heavy weight of the
ice and is still bouncing back.
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 28 11:26PM -0700

On 7/25/22 14:02, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
 
> 1. Skanderbeg
 
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile
 
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Sweden
 
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
 
Turkey
 
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haiti
 
 
> 8. José Martí
 
Cuba
 
 
> 9. Marianne
 
France
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 29 04:44AM

Mark Brader:
 
> For this round you will be given the advertising tagline from an
> Academy Award Best-Picture-winning movie, and you name the movie.
 
> 1. "A hero will rise."
 
"Gladiator" (2000).
 
> 2. "Collide with destiny."
 
"Titanic" (1997). 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 3. "All it takes is a little confidence."
 
"The Sting" (1973). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. "The happiest sound in all the world!"
 
"The Sound of Music" (1965). 4 for Joshua.
 
> 5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
 
"Rocky" (1976). 4 for Joshua.
 
> 6. "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world."
 
"Schindler's List" (1993). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> 7. "Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered."
 
"Dances with Wolves" (1990). 4 for Joshua.
 
> 8. "With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder."
 
"Chicago" (2002). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
> 9. "The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion
> Picture!"
 
"Amadeus" (1984). 4 for Joshua.
 
> 10. "What does it take to find a lost love?
> A. Money B. Luck C. Smarts D. Destiny"
 
"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008). 4 for Joshua.
 
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
> 1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
British Columbia. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
2 for Pete.
 
> 2. In January 2012, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone
> XL Pipeline proposal. What "olive branch" did the US throw
> Canada to soothe the situation?
 
Extended the softwood lumber agreement (until 2015).
 
> 3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
> What country imports the """next most"""?
 
(US is still true.) 2012 answer: Japan. 2022 answer: China.
4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> Bros. Lumber Co. It became Beaver in 1904. It was owned by
> Molson Breweries from 1972 until 2000. What company bought it
> in 2000?
 
Home Hardware.
 
> 4 inches when cut at the sawmill. After drying and planing
> (or dressing), what are the standard dimensions of the "2×4"
> when purchased at retail?
 
1½×3½ inches. The original round specified that 1¾×3¾ was also
acceptable. I don't think they've been that big for years; in fact,
the last time I bought a batch of them, they were about 1/8 inch
*under* 1½×3½ and didn't quite line up with the older 1½×3½-inch
2×4's that I was installing them next to, so I had to shim them.
Not that I'm *annoyed* or anything. Anyway, I'm accepting anything
from 1 3/8 × 3 3/8 to 1¾×3¾ inches, or in other words, just about
any likely guess was correct. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete.
 
> 6. What does the acronym "SPF" in SPF lumber represent?
 
Spruce, pine, or fir.
 
> 7. According to Statistics Canada, what is the most popular
> Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
> question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
Balsam fir. (Second place is Douglas fir.)
 
> 8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
Bark. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> 9. A quaking aspen is described by the US Forest Service as
> "North America's largest tree". What unusual feature of the
> quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
It's made up of a large number of trees that are all joined together
by shared roots, and can therefore considered to be all one plant.
"It clones itself" conveys the process but does not mention that
the roots remain shared, so I scored that answer as almost correct.
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
> willow trees?
 
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
 
The substance in the bark is salicylic acid, which has similar
pain-relieving properties but is a much worse stomach irritant.
 
In 2012 a couple of entrants guessed quinine; that was actually
derived from -- and named after -- a tree called the cinchona,
which is not found in Canada.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Art Geo Spo Ent Can FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 25 42 37 32 32 16 143
Dan Blum 28 38 23 12 10 20 109
Erland Sommarskog 32 8 23 34 -- -- 97
Dan Tilque 20 22 24 28 4 20 94
Pete Gayde 21 32 -- -- 4 14 71
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto |"--", Paul said, and then repeated it for emphasis.
msb@vex.net | --Spider Robinson, "Lifehouse"
 
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Thursday, July 28, 2022

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Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jul 27 08:33PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> For this round you will be given the advertising tagline from an
> Academy Award Best-Picture-winning movie, and you name the movie.
 
> 1. "A hero will rise."
 
Rocky
 
> 3. "All it takes is a little confidence."
> 4. "The happiest sound in all the world!"
> 5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
 
Forrest Gump
 
> 6. "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world."
 
Schindler's List
 
> A. Money B. Luck C. Smarts D. Destiny"
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
> 1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
Alberta; British Columbia
 
> Canada to soothe the situation?
 
> 3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
> What country imports the """next most"""?
 
Japan
 
> 4 inches when cut at the sawmill. After drying and planing
> (or dressing), what are the standard dimensions of the "2×4"
> when purchased at retail?
 
1.5 x 3.5 inches
 
 
> 7. According to Statistics Canada, what is the most popular
> Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
> question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
Scotch Pine
 
 
> 8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
Bark
 
> quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
> 10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
> willow trees?
 
Pete Gayde
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jul 27 08:29PM -0500

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
 
> 1. Skanderbeg
 
Faroe Islands
 
 
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile
 
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
Burma
 
 
> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Finland
 
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
Ukraine
 
 
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
 
Turkey
 
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haiti
 
 
> 8. José Martí
 
Cuba
 
 
> 9. Marianne
 
San Marino
 
 
> 10. Julius Nyrere
 
Cameroon
 
 
> 11. José de San Martín
 
Argentina
 
 
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
Pakistan
 
 
> HAVE FUN!
 
Pete Gayde
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 26 11:11PM -0700

On 7/25/22 14:46, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. "A hero will rise."
> 2. "Collide with destiny."
> 3. "All it takes is a little confidence."
 
The Sting
 
> 4. "The happiest sound in all the world!"
> 5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
 
Forrest Gump
 
> A. Money B. Luck C. Smarts D. Destiny"
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
> 1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
British Columbia
 
> Canada to soothe the situation?
 
> 3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
> What country imports the """next most"""?
 
Japan
 
> 4 inches when cut at the sawmill. After drying and planing
> (or dressing), what are the standard dimensions of the "2×4"
> when purchased at retail?
 
1.5 by 3.5
 
> Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
> question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
> 8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
xylem
 
 
> 9. A quaking aspen is described by the US Forest Service as
> "North America's largest tree". What unusual feature of the
> quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
trunks can grow out of the roots of existing trees, so what looks like a
stand of trees may actually be a single tree.
 
 
> 10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
> willow trees?
 
aspirin
 
 
--
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 25 11:02PM +0200

It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
the country.
 
You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
explanations to settle on a winner.
 
As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
 
I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
 
 
1. Skanderbeg
 
2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
3. King Sejong
 
4. Gustav Vasa
 
5. Taras Shevchenko
 
6. Kemal Atatürk
 
7. Toussaint Louverture
 
8. José Martí
 
9. Marianne
 
10. Julius Nyrere
 
11. José de San Martín
 
12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
 
HAVE FUN!
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 25 04:49PM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> 1. Skanderbeg
 
Iceland?
 
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile.
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
Korea?
 
> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Sweden.
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
Russia?
 
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
 
Turkey. Or Türkiye if you must.
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haiti.
 
> 8. José Martí
 
Cuba.
 
> 9. Marianne
 
France.
 
> 10. Julius Nyrere
 
Kenya?
 
> 11. José de San Martín
 
Colombia?
 
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
Iran?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "...everything else in [the] list is wrong;
msb@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 26 03:13AM


> 1. Skanderbeg
 
Albania
 
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
(South) Korea
 
> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Sweden
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
Ukraine
 
> 6. Kemal Atat?rk
 
Turkey
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haiti
 
> 8. Jos? Mart?
 
Cuba
 
> 9. Marianne
 
France
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 25 09:59PM -0700

On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 4:02:18 PM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> 1. Skanderbeg
 
Albania

> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
 
Chile
 
> 3. King Sejong
 
Korea (inventor of the Hangul writing system)
 
> 4. Gustav Vasa
 
Sweden
 
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
 
Ukraine

> 6. Kemal Atatürk
 
Turkey (founder of the modern country in the early 20th century)
 
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
 
Haiti (leader of the slave revolt against France)
 
> 8. José Martí
 
Cuba (poet)
 
> 9. Marianne
 
France (symbolic female personification of the country)
 
> 10. Julius Nyrere
 
Tanzania
 
> 11. José de San Martín
 
Argentina
 
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 
Pakistan (first prime minister of the country following the partition from India)
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 25 04:46PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', 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 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar's Slogans
 
For this round you will be given the advertising tagline from an
Academy Award Best-Picture-winning movie, and you name the movie.
 
1. "A hero will rise."
2. "Collide with destiny."
3. "All it takes is a little confidence."
4. "The happiest sound in all the world!"
5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
6. "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world."
7. "Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered."
8. "With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder."
 
9. "The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion
Picture!"
 
10. "What does it take to find a lost love?
A. Money B. Luck C. Smarts D. Destiny"
 
 
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
2. In January 2012, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone
XL Pipeline proposal. What "olive branch" did the US throw
Canada to soothe the situation?
 
3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
What country imports the """next most"""?
 
4. The Beaver Lumber Co. got its start in 1883 as the Banbury
Bros. Lumber Co. It became Beaver in 1904. It was owned by
Molson Breweries from 1972 until 2000. What company bought it
in 2000?
 
5. Nominal dimensions of lumber in Canada refer to the dimensions
of fresh-sawed wood. Hence, a "2×4" is exactly 2 inches by
4 inches when cut at the sawmill. After drying and planing
(or dressing), what are the standard dimensions of the "2×4"
when purchased at retail?
 
6. What does the acronym "SPF" in SPF lumber represent?
 
7. According to Statistics Canada, what is the most popular
Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
9. A quaking aspen is described by the US Forest Service as
"North America's largest tree". What unusual feature of the
quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
willow trees?
 
--
Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++
Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax:
msb@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan,
And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 26 03:11AM


> * Game 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Oscar's Slogans
 
> 2. "Collide with destiny."
 
Crash; Titanic
 
> 5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
 
Slumdog Millionaire
 
> 6. "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world."
 
Schindler's List
 
> 8. "With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder."
 
Chicago
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
> 1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
British Columbia
 
> 3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
> What country imports the """next most"""?
 
Japan
 
> 7. According to Statistics Canada, what is the most popular
> Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
> question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
Norway spruce
 
> 8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
bark
 
> 9. A quaking aspen is described by the US Forest Service as
> "North America's largest tree". What unusual feature of the
> quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
it sends up multiple trunks from one root system
 
> 10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
> willow trees?
 
aspirin
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 25 09:56PM -0700

On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 4:46:22 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> For this round you will be given the advertising tagline from an
> Academy Award Best-Picture-winning movie, and you name the movie.
 
> 3. "All it takes is a little confidence."
 
"The Sting"

> 4. "The happiest sound in all the world!"
 
"The Sound of Music"
 
> 5. "His whole life was a million-to-one shot."
 
"Rocky"

> 6. "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world."
 
"Schindler's List"
 
> 7. "Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered."
 
"Dances with Wolves"

> 8. "With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder."
 
"Chicago"
 
> 9. "The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion
> Picture!"
 
"Amadeus"
 
> 10. "What does it take to find a lost love?
> A. Money B. Luck C. Smarts D. Destiny"
 
"Slumdog Millionaire"
 
> * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana - The Forest Industry
 
> 1. Which province """is""" the largest exporter of lumber?
 
Quebec; Ontario
 
> 3. The US imports """the largest amount""" of Canadian lumber.
> What country imports the """next most"""?
 
China

> 7. According to Statistics Canada, what is the most popular
> Christmas tree grown in Canada? Be specific. *Note*: This
> question has not been updated; the original answer is required.
 
Douglas fir

> 8. Which part of the birch tree is used to make birch beer?
 
bark
 
> 9. A quaking aspen is described by the US Forest Service as
> "North America's largest tree". What unusual feature of the
> quaking aspen makes this possible?
 
what appears to be one tree is actually just part of a much larger plant
 
> 10. What common drug was derived from a substance in the bark of
> willow trees?
 
aspirin
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 25 04:44PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
 
Oops, I prepared the posting yesterday and then forgot to actually
post it when the 3 days were up. Sorry about that.
 
> Factbook and have been updated.
 
> Note that when referring to capitals, some questions ask for the
> city and others for the country.
 
This was the hardest round in the original game, and contained
several problematic questions or answers. I was able to fix some
of them, but not all.
 
> be about 40 miles or 65 km, to a point on the US border near
> Ogdensburg, NY, whereas for Washington it would be about 290
> miles or 465 km to a point near Ft. Erie, ON.)
 
Canberra, Australia (to Fiordland National Park, New Zealand).
4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
 
I have sympathy for those who guessed Wellington, New Zealand.
It's about 1,350-1,365 miles (2,175-2,200 km) away from the
nearest points in mainland Australia or Tasmania. But Lord Howe I.,
population 350, is several hundred miles or kilometers off the
Australian coast and is part of New South Wales, Australia; and it's
only about 1,095 miles (1,765 km) from Wellington.
 
> *share a common land border* -- excluding overseas territories
> distant from the home country or its main part -- is 3,985 miles
> or 6,414 km. Name *either one* of these two capital *cities*.
 
Moscow (Russia), Pyongyang (North Korea). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
3 for Erland.
 
Without the exclusion for distant overseas territories -- in this
case French Guiana -- the answers would be Brasilia and Paris at
about 5,425 miles or 8,730 km.
 
> on the same continent, which is Asia; and this time you only
> have to name one of the *countries*, not a city. The distance
> is 2,770 miles or 4,459 km.
 
As you see from the distance given, the intended answer was
Indonesia (Jakarta) and Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby); but the
latter is not always considered to be in Asia. Unlike the original
question setters, I am therefore also accepting the next best pair
at 2,594 miles or 4,174 km: China (Beijing) and Afghanistan (Kabul).
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.
 
> 4. Name the non-EU country that """has""" the longest total length
> of land border with one or more EU (European Union) countries,
> at 1,513 miles or 2,435 km.
 
Russia (the main part with Finland, Estonia, and Latvia; and the
Kaliningrad Oblast with Lithuania and Poland). (Still true.)
4 for Joshua.
 
Norway is next -- 1,476 miles or 2,375 km (with Sweden and Finland)
-- and was the answer originally expected by the question setters,
with that distance given in the question. In fact, the Usual Suspects
scored in our game with this answer. But I'm not accepting it here;
it's clearly wrong.
 
By the way, Switzerland is third.
 
> 5. Same question except with "shortest" instead of "longest".
> The length is 2.1 miles or 3.4 km.
 
Vatican City (with Italy). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
3 for Joshua.
 
Monaco is second at 3.7 miles or 6 km (with France).
 
> Name *both* countries of such a pair. (If you make two guesses,
> for clarity please give two countries both times even if one
> of them is the same in the two guesses.)
 
Malaysia and Singapore (about 520 m or 1,700 feet across the Johor
Strait at 1°26'N, 103°56'E, and not much more than that for most of
their border); Denmark and Sweden (about 3.7 km or 2.3 miles across
the Öresund or Øresund at 56°2'N, 12°39'E); and Russia and the US
(just about the same distance at Big and Little Diomede Island,
about 65°46'N, 168°59'W). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
 
As to the four African countries, the tensions between them have now
relaxed enough to resolve the question, and Namibia and Zimbabwe
now form a fourth -- and still closer -- pair on the list. It is
now agreed that, within the Zambezi River, they are separated by
about 150 m or 500 feet; and a bridge -- the Kazungula Bridge -- now
crosses that short bit of the river to connect Zambia and Botswana.
 
The original version of this question had Denmark and Sweden as the
sole expected answer.
 
Italy and Monaco are a near miss; that distance is 5.1 miles or
8.2 km.
 
> them; but which former Soviet republic """pairs with Russia"""
> to be in second place for this statistic, at 4,750 miles or
> 7,644 km?
 
Kazakhstan. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland.
3 for Dan Blum.
 
> comes within 24 miles, or 38 km, from the """19th-largest"""
> country by size, without touching. What is this 19th-largest
> country that Kazakhstan is so so close to, yet so so far from?
 
Mongolia. (Still true; the ranking assumes that Greenland does not
count as part of Denmark.) 4 for Joshua and Erland.
 
As to the wrong answers, Kazakhstan has a border over 1,000 miles
long with Uzbekistan, but is roughly 300 miles from touching either
Iran or Pakistan. Iran is indeed about the same size as Mongolia,
but the other two are much smaller.
 
> these two national shrinking leaders? *Note*: I believe the
> the situation described is no longer true, so for this question
> only the original answer based on 2010-11 will be accepted.
 
Detroit River. (Detroit - Warren - Livonia MSA dropped 156,528
from 4,452,778 to 4,296,250; Windsor CMA dropped 4,096 from 323,342
to 319,246.) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua.
 
> neighbors, i.e. countries with which a nation shares a common
> land border, at 14. What is the other nation that also has 14
> direct neighbors?
 
China. (Still true. Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar [Burma], India,
Bhutan, India again, Nepal, India yet again, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Russia again,
North Korea.) 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Erland.
 
 
 
> 1. The biggest news in soccer """this summer""" is the Euro 2012
> Tournament. What country won """the last""" Euro competition,
> in 2008?
 
2008 answer: Spain. 2021 answer: Italy. (Like with the Olympics,
the 2020 tournament was played in 2021.) 4 for Erland.
 
> have won the most league titles. Name *any one* of the *other*
> """three""" teams that have won England's Premier League since
> its inception in 1992.
 
2012 answer: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea. 2022 answer: Also
Leicester City and Liverpool. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
3 for Erland.
 
> 3. Baseball is played on a diamond, basketball on a court; what
> is the proper name in English for a soccer field?
 
Pitch. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
 
> 4. Excluding the usual "injury time" and halftime, how long is a
> regulation professional soccer game?
 
90 minutes. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. 3 for Erland.
 
> a local rivalry. Although it originated in England, this
> term is used throughout the world for such fixtures, even in
> non-English-speaking nations. What is it?
 
Derby ["DAR-bee", like the English city]. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
 
> 6. Two of the longest-running and most famous <answer 5>s in soccer
> are the "Merseyside" <answer 5> and the "Old Firm" <answer 5>.
> Name *any one* of the four teams involved in these two rivalries.
 
Everton, Liverpool, Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers. 4 for
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland.
 
> what dubious outcome can befall a team in a European or South
> American national soccer league if they end a season in last
> place?
 
As in the Canadian Inquisition, they are relegated to the league or
division one level down. 4 for everyone.
 
> part of CONCACAF, the "Confederation of North, Central American
> and Caribbean Association Football". What is the name of the
> biannual tournament played by the national teams within CONCACAF?
 
Gold Cup. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland.
 
> 9. Canada """has only appeared in one""" FIFA World Cup Final
> (i.e. the current 32-team tournament for men, not just the
> championship game). Give *either* the year or the host nation.
 
1986, Mexico. (Still true, but Canada has qualified for the 2022
event later this year.) 4 for Erland.
 
> bribery and buying votes and of it being glaringly obvious
> that FIFA had not considered many consequences of hosting the
> tournament there.
 
Qatar. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can Art Geo Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 25 42 37 32 136
Dan Blum 28 38 23 12 101
Erland Sommarskog 32 8 23 34 97
Dan Tilque 20 22 24 28 94
Pete Gayde 21 32 -- -- 53
 
--
Mark Brader | "There is a pervasive illusion in certain quarters
Toronto | that Mother Nature is our friend. Wrong; dead wrong.
msb@vex.net | She doesn't care whether we live or die,
| and she loves surprises." -- Henry Spencer
 
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