| 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" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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