| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 31 12:37AM Mark Brader: > as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music", "Patton", > "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws". The surname > is sufficient. Richard Zanuck. (Son of Darryl.) Joshua and Stephen got this. > across the border. In fact, the US has seized more than > 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive object" > embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat? Kinder Surprise "eggs" (chocolate eggs each enclosing a toy). Dan Blum and Stephen got this. In 2012 I wrote: "Wikipedia says they are sold 'all over the world excluding the United States'". Now it says they are also banned in Chile, while US customers can legally buy a a variant called Kinder Joy, where the toy is packaged outside the chocolate. > costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane Society > -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is the > requirement? It must be black. (Black animals aren't adopted as quickly as others.) Stephen got this. > the places bordering it. You tell where it was located, by naming > the corresponding modern country. > 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis. France. (Lugdunensis was also in France.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen. 3 for Joshua. > 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north > by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus. Turkey. (Pontus was also in Turkey; the Pontus Euxinus was the Black Sea.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. > 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north > by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries: > name either one. Portugal, Spain. (Tarraconensis was also in those countries; Baetica was in Spain.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. > to become Minister of Trade for Stephen Harper. He later served > as the Foreign Affairs Minister. He did not seek reelection > in 2008. David Emerson. 4 for Stephen. > 5. This future Canadian Prime Minister resigned a seat won in the > provincial legislature while in the Social Credit Party, to > run federally as a Progressive Conservative. Kim Campbell. > Environment to sit as an independent. He later joined with > 7 other former PC and Liberal politicians to form a new party, > under which he eventually become Leader of the Opposition. Lucien Bouchard. (The Bloc Québécois.) > Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations in 1968. In 2002 > he was charged with promoting hatred over anti-Semitic remarks > made during a speech. David Ahenakew. (He was convicted, then acquitted on appeal. He died in 2010.) Sorry, only giggle points for "ah-choo!" > Nation. He later co-chaired the Royal Commission on Aboriginal > Peoples. Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1999, he > """has""" honorary doctorates from 7 Canadian universities. George Erasmus. (Still alive.) 4 for Stephen. > he was a key strategist for the AoFN during the Oka crisis. > As National Chief he was a key player in the Charlottetown > Accord. Ovide Mercredi. (Still alive.) 3 for Stephen. > the illustrated logo. We need its name *at the time the logo was > in use*. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/10.png (Canadian Reform Conservative) Alliance. > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/11.png Social Credit. > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/12.png Reform. (Meaning the one that first became the Alliance [answer 10] and is now the Conservatives, not the other Reform party that is now the Liberals, but you didn't have to be that specific.) 4 for Joshua. > there appeared a charge card that was not so limited, initially > being accepted at any of two dozen New York City establishments > -- of a certain type, hence its name. What was this card called? Diners Club -- as mentioned in the 1963 movie title "The Man from the Diners' Club". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. > payment every month) was this US card, first sent unsolicited > in 1958 to 60,000 residents of Fresno, California. In 1977 it > changed its name to Visa. What was the original name? BankAmericard. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. To expand into some other countries, Visa bought into existing card systems, such as Chargex in Canada and Barclaycard in the UK. The name change to Visa was worldwide, but for a while after it, I had a card clearly marked as a Visa card, but on which the fine print referred to it as "This Chargex card". > 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee. > What was this card called? Discover. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. > ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature This was the hardest round in the original game. > * Posthumous Publishing > Name the authors of these posthumously published works. > 1. "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man". Joseph Heller. 4 for Stephen. > 2. "The Original of Laura". Vladimir Nabokov. 4 for Stephen. > 3. "Armageddon in Retrospect". Kurt Vonnegut. 4 for Stephen. > * Museum Collections > In each case, name the museum whose permanent collection includes > all the works shown. You will, of course, remember some of the paintings from Game 8, Round 3. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png National Gallery (London). 4 for Joshua and Stephen. They are: * "The Umbrellas" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir; * "Bathers at Asnières" by Georges Seurat; * "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Jan van Eyck; * "Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh; * "Virgin and Child with St. Anne and Infant St. John the Baptist" by Leonardo da Vinci. > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png Musée d'Orsay (Paris). 4 for Stephen. * "Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir; * "Luncheon on the Grass" by Édouard Manet; * self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh; * "Arrangement in Gray and Black #1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother" by James Whistler; * "The Gleaners" by Jean-François Millet. > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png Museum of Modern Art (New York). 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua. * "Sleeping Gypsy" by Henri Rousseau; * "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth; * "The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh; * "The Dance" by Henri Matisse; * "The Young Ladies of Avignon" by Pablo Picasso. > * Canadian Award Statuettes > In each case, name the awards associated with the statuette. > 7. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/7.png> Gemini Awards. > 8. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/8.jpg> Arthur Ellis Awards for crime fiction. 4 for Stephen. As I noted in connection with the answers to Game 1, Round 3, the organization apparently later decided decided that naming them after an executioner was in bad taste, dropped the name Ellis, and now just call them the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence. Presumably they no longer look like this either! > film; they are named after a famed singer/songwriter/actor/radio > host. In 1990 Céline Dion refused an award as anglophone artist > of the year. Prix Félix. 4 for Stephen. > Talk" <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/photo/10.jpg> sold > for $3,600,000 in New York, then a record price for a Canadian > photograph and the third-highest price ever paid for any photo. Jeff Wall. 4 for Stephen. > include gardens in France and Italy, North American parks of > F.L. Olmstead, asbestos slag heaps in Quebec, and the running > fence along the California-Mexico border. Geoffrey James. 4 for Stephen. > of industrial landscapes. His subjects include mines, the > Alberta tar sands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China. See: > <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/photo/12.jpg>. Edward Burtynsky. ("Accumulation".) > "Birds of America", and "The Group". She was famous for her > feud with Lillian Hellman, of whom she said that every word > Hellman wrote was a lie, including "and" and "the". Mary McCarthy. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > Romanian-French playwright was a leading proponent of the > theater of the absurd. His works include "The Bald Soprano", > "The Lesson", and "Rhinoceros". Eugene Ionesco. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. > novelist and short-story writer won the 1973 Nobel Prize for > Literature. His works include "Voss", "A Fringe of Leaves", > and "The Twyborn Affair". Patrick White. 4 for Stephen. In 2012 Dan Tilque said he was "pretty sure this guy's a Ferengi", but I suggested he looked more like an Organian: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081224091339/memoryalpha/en/images/9/9f/Organian_council_of_elders.jpg Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His A+L Stephen Perry 35 52 87 Joshua Kreitzer 27 15 42 Dan Tilque 24 0 24 Dan Blum 19 4 23 Pete Gayde 12 0 12 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 12 -- Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem." msb@vex.net -- Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Aug 30 08:15PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 8:38:00 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: .... > > 7. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/7.png> > Gemini Awards. .... > Scores, if there are no errors: .... > Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem." > m...@vex.net -- Tony Cooper > My text in this article is in the public domain. did I miss something on #7? swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 31 08:54AM Mark Brader: > > > 7. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/7.png> > > Gemini Awards. Stephen Perry: > did I miss something on #7? No, I missed something when preparing the round for being scored. Everyone's answer on #7 showed up for me as a second answer on #6, but Stephen was the only entrant who answered #7 at all, and with #6 drawing several wrong answers, I missed seeing the anomaly. Sorry. 4 for Stephen. Scores, if there are now no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His A+L Stephen Perry 32 56 88 Joshua Kreitzer 27 15 42 Dan Tilque 24 0 24 Dan Blum 19 4 23 Pete Gayde 12 0 12 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 12 -- Mark Brader | "Well, that is a really tough question... Toronto | I've narrowed it down to two possibilities: yes and no." msb@vex.net | --Chidi Anagonye (Alan Yang, "The Good Place") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 31 12:43AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23, 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*)". ** Final, Round 4 - Geography * Shared Deserts 1. What desert spans Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan? It's the 16th-largest desert in the world. 2. Two deserts span Mexico and the United States. One is the Sonoran Desert (15th-largest). The other is the 11th-largest desert in the world. What is it? 3. What desert spans Pakistan and India? It's the 18th-largest desert in the world by size. * Islands' Largest Cities We name the largest city (by population) on an island; you name the island. (Country not required.) 4. Hobart. 5. Sapporo. 6. Cagliari. * Previously Known As We give you a historic name of a country (perhaps from colonial times); you give the current name. 7. Upper Volta. 8. South-West Africa. 9. French Sudan (Soudan). * Who Borders Who? We name all the countries surrounding a particular country, in clockwise order; you name that country. 10. Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. 11. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda. * Dissecting Norway Please see the handout: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/norway.png> Within the flag of Norway can be found the flags of 6 other nations (if you aren't too fussy about things like the exact shade or red or blue). There are almost 9, but Yugoslavia is no more, Luxembourg requires way too pale a blue, and the need to avoid the red leaves the blue stripes too wide for Finland. Name the flags contained within the Norwegian flag: 13. Rectangle B. 14. Rectangle E. 15. Rectangle D corresponds to two different countries' flags; name *either*. So there were three decoys, only two of which are actual national flags (assuming the hoist is to the left, as is conventional). Identify the two countries if you like for fun, but for no points. 16. Rectangle A. 17. Rectangle C. 18. Rectangle F. ** Final, Round 6 - Sports * Name the Soccer Player *Note*: In each case you must name the person in the photo whether the description is out of date or not. 1. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/soccer/1.jpg> Argentinean, """current""" FIFA player of the year. 2. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/soccer/2.jpg> Portuguese, former FIFA player of the year. 3. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/soccer/3.jpg> Dutchman, """current""" Barclay's Premier League Golden Boot holder, and England's Professional Footballers Association Player of the Year. * Name the Poker Player *Note*: Again, name only the person in the photo. 4. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/poker/4.jpg> Canadian poker player. He is """currently""" second-highest in career tournament winnings at over $16,000,000 US. 5. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/poker/5.jpg> American, known as the "Poker Brat". He """currently""" has the record for most World Series of Poker bracelets, at 11. 6. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/poker/6.jpg> American, third on the all-time tournament money list. He """is considered""" by many as the greatest all-around player in the world. * Canadian Female Athletes 7. Name the """current""" Senator and former alpine skier who was voted the Canadian Female Athlete of the Century in a 1999 poll of Canadian sportswriters and broadcasters conducted by the Canadian Press. 8. The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually for the top athlete in Canada as selected by 11 registered organisations (CBC, Rogers Sportsnet, La Presse, etc.). In 1999 this award went to a woman, Caroline Brunet. In *what sport* was she exceptional? 9. Name the Russian-born Canadian who won gold (4×100 m relay) and silver (100 m dash) in Amsterdam in 1928. In a single day of the National Track Championship she placed first in discus, shot put, 200 m dash, hurdles, and long jump, and second in two other events. She was also an accomplished basketball, hockey, softball, golf, and lacrosse player. The """current""" Canadian Press award for Female Athlete of the Year is named for her. * Sporting Regulations We give you an """official rule""" from the governing body of a sport; you name the *sport*. 10. "13.1. The first team listed in the official program will wear white caps or the caps reflecting the colour of their country and will start the game to the left of the official table. The other team will wear blue caps or caps of a contrasting colour and will start the game to the right of the table." 11. "15.1.1 Luncheon Interval: The interval shall be of 40 minutes duration. 15.1.2 Tea Interval: The interval shall be of 20 minutes duration." 12. "262 - 3.3 In the event of a Refusal or a Run-out, the Athlete must restart the course at the obstacle where the Fault was made." After completing the triple, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq "rdhrfgevna" sbe nal fcbeg: bxnl, gung vf n fcbeg, ohg arireguryrff jr arrq n zber fcrpvsvp nafjre. Cyrnfr fhccyl vg. * American Football Penalties Name the penalties indicated in the NFL or NCAA by these signals. (CFL signals are different.) *Note*: I am only accepting the answers that were correct at the original name. Some signals may have changed. 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/sign/13.png> The ref locks his elbow and moves his forearm from beside his head forward, as in a throwing motion. 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/sign/14.png> The ref moves both arms parallel from shoulder to knee height, by the left side of his body, palms open. 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/sign/15.png> The ref pushes both arms away from his chest until his arms are fully extended, palms out. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "... trapped in a twisty little maze msb@vex.net of backslashes ..." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 31 03:20AM > * Shared Deserts > 1. What desert spans Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan? > It's the 16th-largest desert in the world. Karakorum > 2. Two deserts span Mexico and the United States. One is the > Sonoran Desert (15th-largest). The other is the 11th-largest > desert in the world. What is it? Mojave > * Islands' Largest Cities > 4. Hobart. Tasmania > 5. Sapporo. Hokkaido > 6. Cagliari. Sardinia > * Previously Known As > 7. Upper Volta. Burkina Faso > 8. South-West Africa. Namibia > 9. French Sudan (Soudan). Chad > * Who Borders Who? > 10. Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan > 11. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, > Rwanda. Uganda > * Dissecting Norway > 13. Rectangle B. Netherlands > 14. Rectangle E. Croatia; Slovenia > 15. Rectangle D corresponds to two different countries' flags; > name *either*. Malta > 5. Name this <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/poker/5.jpg> > American, known as the "Poker Brat". He """currently""" has > the record for most World Series of Poker bracelets, at 11. Moneymaker > and will start the game to the left of the official table. > The other team will wear blue caps or caps of a contrasting > colour and will start the game to the right of the table." table tennis > 11. "15.1.1 Luncheon Interval: The interval shall be of > 40 minutes duration. 15.1.2 Tea Interval: The interval > shall be of 20 minutes duration." cricket > 12. "262 - 3.3 In the event of a Refusal or a Run-out, the Athlete > must restart the course at the obstacle where the Fault was > made." steeplechase -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Aug 30 11:35PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 7:43:33 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. Two deserts span Mexico and the United States. One is the > Sonoran Desert (15th-largest). The other is the 11th-largest > desert in the world. What is it? Mojave > 3. What desert spans Pakistan and India? It's the 18th-largest > desert in the world by size. Karakoram > We name the largest city (by population) on an island; you name > the island. (Country not required.) > 4. Hobart. Tasmania > 5. Sapporo. Hokkaido > 6. Cagliari. Sardinia; Sicily > We give you a historic name of a country (perhaps from colonial > times); you give the current name. > 7. Upper Volta. Burkina Faso > 8. South-West Africa. Namibia > 9. French Sudan (Soudan). Mali > We name all the countries surrounding a particular country, in > clockwise order; you name that country. > 10. Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan > 11. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, > Rwanda. Central African Republic > red or blue). > Name the flags contained within the Norwegian flag: > 13. Rectangle B. Netherlands > 14. Rectangle E. Honduras > 15. Rectangle D corresponds to two different countries' flags; > name *either*. Poland; Indonesia > 11. "15.1.1 Luncheon Interval: The interval shall be of > 40 minutes duration. 15.1.2 Tea Interval: The interval > shall be of 20 minutes duration." cricket -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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