| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 03:00AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-16, 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 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in the death of three horses last week, raising the ire of animal-rights activists? 2. Over 400,000 Yahoo passwords were revealed when a server was hacked last week. What did analysis reveal to be the most frequently used password? * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Banking This is the first of *four* Canadiana rounds in this game. Have fun, eh? (Don't worry, you should be able to get some answers in at least some of them.) Canada's banking system has been widely considered the most efficient and safest in the world for the past 3 years, according to reports by the World Economic Forum. 1. The Bank Act was originally passed in 1871. The current version defines three classes of banks in Canada: Schedules 1, 2, and 3. What do Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 banks have in common? 2. In 1998 Finance Minister Paul Martin blocked two proposed mergers of Schedule 1 banks. Name *both* banks involved in *either* plan. Please answer questions #1-2 before decoding the rot13 for #3-10. 3. Va jung lrne qvq gur Qbzvavba Onax naq gur Onax bs Gbebagb nznytnzngr gb sbez gur Gbebagb-Qbzvavba Onax, jvguva 2 lrnef? 4. Gur Onax bs Zbagerny jnf gur svefg betnavmngvba va Pnanqn gb nccyl sbe n onax punegre va 1818, ohg vg jnf abg tenagrq hagvy 1822. Jung Hccre Pnanqn onax orng vg bhg ol trggvat vgf punegre va gur zrnagvzr? 5. Jung unccraf vs gur Onax Npg vf abg erivrjrq rirel 5 lrnef? 6. Va Wnahnel bs 1962 gur Onax bs Abin Fpbgvn orpnzr gur svefg va Pnanqn gb qb jung? 7. Va 2003, gur HF Frphevgvrf naq Rkpunatr Pbzzvffvba svarq gur PVOP $80,000,000 HF sbe vgf cneg va gur znavchyngvba bs gur svanapvny fgngrzragf bs jung HF pbzcnal? 8. Gur Eblny Onax bs Pnanqn """unf""" gur uvturfg pncvgnyvmngvba bs gur znwbe onaxf ng $82,000,000,000. Jvguva 100,000,000, ubj znal pbzzba funerf bs gur onax ner bhgfgnaqvat nf bs 2012-11-23? *Abgr*: Lbh znl vafgrnq nafjre nf bs gur 2021 naahny ercbeg, v.r. nf bs 2021-10-31. Lbh arrq abg fnl juvpu qngr lbh ner nafjrevat sbe. 9. Va 2011, Oybbzoret Znexrgf enaxrq guvf Dhrorp-onfrq onax gur fgebatrfg va Abegu Nzrevpn naq gur guveq-fgebatrfg va gur jbeyq. Anzr vg. 10. Cerfvqrag'f Pubvpr Svanapvny vf n Fpurqhyr 1 onax bcrengrq ol gur tebprel ergnvyre Yboynjf. Jung bgure Pnanqvna ergnvyre nyfb bcrengrf n Fpurqhyr 1 onax? * Game 10, Round 3 - History Literature - Ancient Writings about History This round straddles literature and history. It is about Greek and Roman historians whose works have achieved classic literary status (as you can see from the fact that all of their Penguin editions """have""" black spines rather than the blue used for history books), and have influenced the treatment of ancient culture in literature and film. 1. Suetonius's work "The Twelve Caesars" consists of biographies of Julius Caesar and his first 11 successors. It is thanks to his gossipy approach that we know that Julius Caesar combed over his bald spot and Caligula wanted to make his horse a senator. What 20th-century author translated "The Twelve Caesars" for Penguin Books and drew on it for his own novels "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God"? 2. Which ancient Greek historian is the main source for the story of the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae, subject of a graphic novel by Frank Miller and movies in 1962 and 2007? Born on the Aegean coast of Turkey, this historian has been called the "Father of History" -- and sometimes also the "Father of Lies". 3. Though writing hundreds of years after the events they describe, historians Arrian and Quintus Curtius Rufus are the main surviving sources for the life of which military leader of the ancient world? 4. This author's work "Ab Urbe Condita Libri" ("Books from the Foundation of the City") comprised 142 books, of which only #1-10 and #21-45 survive. Shakespeare drew on this author to depict Coriolanus and the rape of Lucretia. Name this historian. 5. The earliest Roman historian whose works survive was a supporter of Julius Caesar, who sponsored him politically and rescued him when he was charged with corruption as governor of Africa Nova. His surviving works include "The Cataline Conspiracy" and "The Jugurthine War". Who was he? 6. Soldier, philosopher, and friend of Socrates, this historian is remembered today as the author of the "Anabasis", the story of how he and 10,000 Greek mercenaries in Persia made their way through hostile territory to the Black Sea. His story inspired the 1979 cult movie "The Warriors" by director Walter Hill. What was the name of this historian? 7. Thucydides was the author of 8 books of an incomplete work known as "History of the War". Which war? Either give its name or identify both sides. 8. When the Romans conquered Britain, it was with such devastation that they made a desert and called it peace, according to a speech in a work called "Agricola". Other works by the author of "Agricola" include "Germania", "The Histories", and "The Annals". What was the name of this Roman historian? 9. The last major historian of the ancient world is generally held to be Procopius, whose works include "The Wars of Justinian" and "The Buildings of Justinian". However, he is most famous for a later history: one in which he exposes his disillusionment with the Emperor Justinian, the Empress Theodora, their scandalous sex lives, and their complete vulgarity. What, in English, is the title of this titillating expose? 10. What ancient historian wrote a work known as "Parallel Lives", a series of paired biographies of noteworthy Greeks and Romans in which Alexander the Great is followed by Julius Caesar? Shakespeare drew on this author quite extensively in "Anthony and Cleopatra". -- Mark Brader | "/dev/null institutionalizes a regrettable loss of bits Toronto | that could have been transmitted to mailing lists and msb@vex.net | netnews. Our grandchildren will miss them." --Ritchie My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Aug 14 06:55AM -0700 On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 9:55:10 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > the image numbers are now out of order on the handouts -- sorry.) > 1. One of the skeletons is not real; it represents a mythical > creature. Name the *kind of creature*. centaur > For all the other questions, just give the *number* of the > relevant skeleton. > 2. Koala. 19 > 3. Beaver. 10 > 4. Echidna. 22 > 5. Polar bear. 11 > 6. Giant panda. 13 > 7. Hippopotamus. 20 > 8. Duck-billed platypus. 16 > 9. Mountain lion, aka cougar or puma. 2 > 10. The only extinct animal in the group. 14 > named for a renowned Church of England minister and warden > at Oxford, born 1844, who displayed a pronounced quirk when > speaking passionately. spoonerism > "characterized by jollity and conviviality", "related to poor > social and economic conditions" , and "grotesquely comic". > What eponymous adjective based on an author is this? dickensian > atmosphere over a fixed point on the earth. It's named > after the Oxford researcher who first discovered how to > measure ozone. dobson unit > B2. This sub-microscopic unit of distance is named after the > Swedish physicist who was a leading pioneer in spectroscopy. > Name it. angstrom > her largesse and bravery. Her feast day was the shortest > day of the year in the old reckoning. First colonized by > the French, it was later a British possession. st lucia > in the world. It is named for the 4th-century consort of > Constantinus and mother of Constantine the First. She is > the patron saint of archeologists and divorcees. st helena > Name the bottle size. > D1. Named after the king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 605 > to 562 BC, this size of wine bottle holds 15 liters. nebuchadnezzar > after the revolt which ended the united monarchy, this > size of wine bottle (also referred to as a double magnum) > holds 3 liters. jeroboam > in 1969, was replaced by a new actor playing the same role. > This show also had three different women play the same nosy > next-door neighbor. Name the "syndrome". other darrin syndrome > of season 5 of this show in 1974 to try and bring back a > younger crowd as the regular kids grew older. Didn't work, > show got canceled. Name the *show*. the brady bunch > takeoff from either foot. It is named after the Norwegian > skater who first performed the jump in 1882. This jump has > an extra half-rotation in the air due to its forward takeoff. axel > inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the > opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air. > It was named in 1909 after a Swedish skater. salchow > Mark Brader, Toronto "It's the almost correct solutions that > m...@vex.net are the most dangerous..." -- Dave Eisen > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 02:58AM Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Hearty congratulations to STEPHEN PERRY, who has snuck in to win Game 9 with perfect scores on the last four rounds! > the image numbers are now out of order on the handouts -- sorry.) > 1. One of the skeletons is not real; it represents a mythical > creature. Name the *kind of creature*. Centaur (#21). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. > For all the other questions, just give the *number* of the > relevant skeleton. > 2. Koala. #19. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. > 3. Beaver. #10. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. > 4. Echidna. #22. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. > 5. Polar bear. #11. 4 for Erland and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Giant panda. #13. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum. > 7. Hippopotamus. #20. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Stephen. 3 for Joshua. > 8. Duck-billed platypus. #16. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. > 9. Mountain lion, aka cougar or puma. #2. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. > 10. The only extinct animal in the group. #14 (saber-tooth tiger). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 2 for Joshua. > And when you're done with those, decode the rot13 if you'd like > to try the others for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried these. > 11. Pig. #1. > 12. Bison. #26. > 13. Badger. #18. > 14. Gavail. #3. > 15. Walrus. #17. > 16. Dolphin. #25. > 17. Giraffe. #24. > 18. Manatee. #7. > 19. Ostrich. #6. > 20. Anteater. #12. > 21. Hedgehog. #9. > 22. Crocodile. #8. > 23. Orangutan. #23. > 24. Rhinoceros. #4. > 25. Komodo dragon. #15. > 26. Peregrine falcon. #5. > named for a renowned Church of England minister and warden > at Oxford, born 1844, who displayed a pronounced quirk when > speaking passionately. Spoonerism. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen. > "characterized by jollity and conviviality", "related to poor > social and economic conditions" , and "grotesquely comic". > What eponymous adjective based on an author is this? Dickensian. "Rabelaisian" was also accepted, on a protest, as fitting a large part of the description. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. > atmosphere over a fixed point on the earth. It's named > after the Oxford researcher who first discovered how to > measure ozone. Dobson unit. 4 for Stephen. > B2. This sub-microscopic unit of distance is named after the > Swedish physicist who was a leading pioneer in spectroscopy. > Name it. Angstrom. I also accepted "Siegbahn unit"; Karl Siegbahn (1886-1978) was also Swedish and a pioneer of X-ray spectroscopy, and a Siegbahn unit is about 1/998 of an angstrom. 4 for everyone. > her largesse and bravery. Her feast day was the shortest > day of the year in the old reckoning. First colonized by > the French, it was later a British possession. St. Lucia. (Lucy of Syracuse.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. > in the world. It is named for the 4th-century consort of > Constantinus and mother of Constantine the First. She is > the patron saint of archeologists and divorcees. St. Helena. (Helen of Constantinople.) 4 for everyone. > Name the bottle size. > D1. Named after the king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 605 > to 562 BC, this size of wine bottle holds 15 liters. Nebuchadnezzar. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > after the revolt which ended the united monarchy, this > size of wine bottle (also referred to as a double magnum) > holds 3 liters. Jeroboam. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > in 1969, was replaced by a new actor playing the same role. > This show also had three different women play the same nosy > next-door neighbor. Name the "syndrome". (Other) Darrin Syndrome. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. The show was "Bewitched". Dick York had to stop playing Darrin due to chronic back pain and was replaced by Dick Sargent. > of season 5 of this show in 1974 to try and bring back a > younger crowd as the regular kids grew older. Didn't work, > show got canceled. Name the *show*. "The Brady Bunch". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > takeoff from either foot. It is named after the Norwegian > skater who first performed the jump in 1882. This jump has > an extra half-rotation in the air due to its forward takeoff. Axel. 4 for everyone. > inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the > opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air. > It was named in 1909 after a Swedish skater. Salchow. 4 for Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Lit Spo Ent Mis Sci Cha FIVE Stephen Perry -- -- -- 40 40 40 48 168 Dan Blum 23 28 -- 32 36 32 39 167 Joshua Kreitzer 32 28 8 40 27 17 40 167 Dan Tilque 16 16 -- 16 12 8 32 92 Pete Gayde -- -- 24 32 20 -- -- 76 Erland Sommarskog 8 0 -- -- -- 16 20 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "The language should match the users, msb@vex.net not vice versa" -- Brian W. Kernighan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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