| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 18 04:26AM 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. * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Native Peoples Please see the handout http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-4/tribe.gif and in each case give the letter representing the *center* of the range of a Native Canadian tribe (or group of tribes) -- either currently or at a certain historical date, as indicated in the question. 1. The Assiniboine are an offshoot of the Sioux nations and most closely linked with the Nakoda tribe. They originally dwelt in Southwestern Ontario before splitting with the other Siouan tribes in the 1600s. By the time white people encountered them, they had become nomadic. Give the number corresponding to the current range of this tribe. 2. The Beothuk ["BAY-oh-thuck"] tribe spoke a language different enough from any other tribe that they were considered completely distinct. Nearly a millennium ago they were referred to as the "Skraeling". Both John Cabot and Jacques Cartier, during their early explorations, made contact with the tribe. Nearly wiped out by the French, they hid among other Indian tribes. The last recorded member of the tribe died in 1829. What number corresponds to the historical range of the Beothuk? 3. The Athapascans were one of the most successful of North American First Nations. Some tribes migrated south between 800 and 1400, to become the Apache and Navajo. The northern groups were nomadic hunter-gatherers mostly dwelling in forests. Give the number corresponding to the current range of this group. 4. The English name for the Carrier Indians comes from the custom that widows carry the bones of their husbands for 3 years. They call themselves the Dakelh, "People who Go by Boat". They are hunter-gatherers, and fish is their primary food. Earliest recorded contact with the Carrier people was in 1793. Give the number which correspond to both their historic and current range. They now live on over 100 reservations. 5. The Obijwe or Ojibway people are one of the largest groups of First Nations in North America. In the US they are referred to as the Chippewa. Their native name collectively as a people is Anishinabe, meaning "First People". They maintained year-round villages, and used birch-bark canoes. One of their staple foods is wild rice. Armed by the French, they drove away the Sioux, Fox, and Kickapoo peoples and fended off the Iroquois. Give the number representing the center of their current range. 6. The once-powerful Blackfoot Confederacy controlled a huge expanse of the Plains. They were originally Algonquin who migrated west, becoming nomadic hunters that grew only one crop, tobacco. They made war upon the Sioux, Shoshone, Kootenai, and Crow. They were known for preying on explorers, miners, and settlers. Give the number representing the center of the current Blackfoot range. 7. The Micmac are a First Nation with a storied history. They fought for the French against the English on many occasions. They joined with numerous American tribes in the Abenaki Confederacy. They were one of the few North American tribes with a written language. Hunters and trappers, they migrated through the forests in small bands. Today they are represented by over 30 official bands widely spread... around which number? 8. The Haida, also known as the Kaigani, are considered master woodcarvers, creating not only totem poles but also elaborate masks, chests, headdresses, and more. Other tribes showed off their wealth by trading for Haida canoes, some capable of holding 60 people. They fish and also hunt sea mammals. They wore cloths of woven cedar bark and tattooed their faces. What number corresponds to the Haida's current range? 9. The Tsimshian are a matrilineal people, a grouping of Gitxsan and Nisga'a tribes given the name Tsimshian, which means "Inside the Skeena River". They were almost wiped out by smallpox in the 1860s. Their main food is fish; they did some farming and lived in permanent settlements, in enormous cedar lodges. A highly artistic people, they are known for their familiar designs and Chilkat weavings. Which number? 10. The Naskapi are a branch of the Innu people who inhabit an area they call St'aschinuw. The French originally used the term Naskapi to refer to all Indians outside of missionary influence. They are nomadic hunter-gatherers; staples include moose, fish, migratory birds, berries, maple syrup, and bannock. The earliest recorded account of the Naskapi is from 1643. In 1790 they became Protestants, in contrast to all of their neighbors who embraced Roman Catholicism. Which number is their current range? Decode the rot13 if you want to locate the remaining tribes for fun, but for no points. 11. Nytbaxva. 12. Onssvaynaq Vahvg. 13. Pnevobh Vahvg. 14. Puvcrjlna. 15. Uheba. 16. Vtyhyvx Vahvg. 17. Xbbgranv. 18. Ynoenqbe Vahvg. 19. Zbagntanvf. 20. Abbgxn. 21. Cynvaf Bwvojnl. 22. Fneprr. * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports This round comes from "Northern Life", a Sudbury-based periodical, but in their version the questions were multiple-choice. 1. Which team won 29 Canadian lacrosse championships from 1908 to 1991, the most in history? (City or team name.) 2. Which major Canadian sports trophy survived a fire in 1947? 3. What dubious distinction does 1950s sports reporter Hugh Watson own while working for the "Vancouver Province"? Be sufficiently specific. 4. At the 1987 World Junior Championship hockey tournament in Czechoslovakia, how did the Canadian team lose any chance of a medal when they had already clinched third place and were within reach of the gold? 5. What amazing feat did Scarborough's Cindy Nicholas manage in 1977? Give some detail for full points. 6. What is Huntsville's George Selkirk's claim to fame in baseball? 7. What embarrassing act by organizers of the 1992 World Series festivities in Atlanta caused a minor patriotic uproar in Canada? 8. What ominous event occurred during rookie Brian Spencer's first game with the Toronto Maple Leafs against Chicago on December 11, 1970? 9. Alex Baumann's double gold-medal-winning performance at the 1984 Olympics was particularly sweet for Canadian swimming as it had been a long time since the last swimming gold for Canada. Within 12 years, how long *had* it been? 10. Northern Dancer was the first Canadian horse to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1964. What crucial training advice did jockey Bill Hartack ignore, allowing him to ride the horse to victory? (Tell what the advice was, not what he did.) There was an emergency question on the round. Answer if you like for fun, but for no points. 11. What Canadian first did Al Balding achieve in 1955? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "I don't have *any* minions any more." msb@vex.net -- Clive Feather My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 17 10:22PM -0700 On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 11:27:11 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > tribes in the 1600s. By the time white people encountered them, > they had become nomadic. Give the number corresponding to the > current range of this tribe. J > Nearly wiped out by the French, they hid among other Indian > tribes. The last recorded member of the tribe died in 1829. > What number corresponds to the historical range of the Beothuk? X; V > 1400, to become the Apache and Navajo. The northern groups > were nomadic hunter-gatherers mostly dwelling in forests. > Give the number corresponding to the current range of this group. H; J > Earliest recorded contact with the Carrier people was in 1793. > Give the number which correspond to both their historic and > current range. They now live on over 100 reservations. B > foods is wild rice. Armed by the French, they drove away the > Sioux, Fox, and Kickapoo peoples and fended off the Iroquois. > Give the number representing the center of their current range. P > They were known for preying on explorers, miners, and settlers. > Give the number representing the center of the current Blackfoot > range. H; J > with a written language. Hunters and trappers, they migrated > through the forests in small bands. Today they are represented > by over 30 official bands widely spread... around which number? R; U > of holding 60 people. They fish and also hunt sea mammals. > They wore cloths of woven cedar bark and tattooed their faces. > What number corresponds to the Haida's current range? C > and lived in permanent settlements, in enormous cedar lodges. > A highly artistic people, they are known for their familiar > designs and Chilkat weavings. Which number? B > recorded account of the Naskapi is from 1643. In 1790 they > became Protestants, in contrast to all of their neighbors who > embraced Roman Catholicism. Which number is their current range? E; L > * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports > 2. Which major Canadian sports trophy survived a fire in 1947? Grey Cup; Stanley Cup -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 18 04:23AM Mark Brader: > 1. What specific event at the Calgary Stampede resulted in the > death of three horses last week, raising the ire of animal-rights > activists? Chuckwagon race. Not accepting "chariot race"! > 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? 123456. I scored "1234" as almost correct. http://web.archive.org/web/20120724195857/http://blog.eset.se/statistics-about-yahoo-leak-of-450-000-plain-text-accounts/ says the top 10 were: 123456 1,666 (0.38%) password 780 (0.18%) welcome 436 (0.10%) ninja 333 (0.08%) abc123 250 (0.06%) 123456789 222 (0.05%) 12345678 208 (0.05%) sunshine 205 (0.05%) princess 202 (0.05%) qwerty 172 (0.04%) > 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? They are foreign-owned. In 2013 Bruce Bowler tried answering that they aren't Schedule 1 banks -- "at least I hope not :-)". > 2. In 1998 Finance Minister Paul Martin blocked two proposed mergers > of Schedule 1 banks. Name *both* banks involved in *either* > plan. The Royal Bank and the Bank of Montreal; the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Toronto-Dominion Bank. That's the same Paul Martin who was later Prime Minister, 2003-06. For some reason the original author of this question wanted only the proposed CIBC-TD merger. When this came up during the original game, I just assumed that the year 1998 was wrong for the proposed Royal-Montreal merger -- until I checked it out later. In fact Martin announced the decisions rejecting both mergers *simultaneously* in 1998, so obviously either pair of banks should be a correct answer, and I've edited the question accordingly. > Please answer questions #1-2 before decoding the rot13 for #3-10. > 3. In what year did the Dominion Bank and the Bank of Toronto > amalgamate to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank, within 2 years? 1955 (accepting 1953-57). > apply for a bank charter in 1818, but it was not granted > until 1822. What Upper Canada bank beat it out by getting its > charter in the meantime? Bank of Kingston (1819 name) or -- yes! -- Bank of Upper Canada (1821 name). > 5. What happens if the Bank Act is not reviewed every 5 years? Every bank charter expires along with the Act. > 6. In January of 1962 the Bank of Nova Scotia became the first in > Canada to do what? Appoint a female branch manager. > 7. In 2003, the US Securities and Exchange Commission fined the CIBC > $80,000,000 US for its part in the manipulation of the financial > statements of what US company? Enron. 4 for Joshua. > *Note*: You may instead answer as of the 2021 annual report, > i.e. as of 2021-10-31. You need not say which date you are > answering for. 2012 answer: 1,445,335,492. 2021 answer: 1,424,525,000. (Accepting 1,324,525,000-1,545,335,492.) 4 for Joshua. As of the 2021 annual report, their capitalization is now $183,507,000,000. > 9. In 2011, Bloomberg Markets ranked this Quebec-based bank the > strongest in North America and the third-strongest in the world. > Name it. National Bank of Canada. For those who may be confused: both the National Bank of Canada and the Royal Bank of Canada, despite their names that might suggest special status, are just ordinary banks. Canada's central bank, as you can see from any Canadian paper (or now plastic) money, is the Bank of Canada without an adjective. > 10. President's Choice Financial is a Schedule 1 bank operated by > the grocery retailer Loblaws. What other Canadian retailer > also operates a Schedule 1 bank? Canadian Tire. 3 for Dan. Walmart has also operated a bank in Canada, but Walmart is not Canadian and so the bank was not Schedule 1. > 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"? Robert Graves. 4 for Joshua. > Born on the Aegean coast of Turkey, this historian has been > called the "Father of History" -- and sometimes also the > "Father of Lies". Herodotus. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > historians Arrian and Quintus Curtius Rufus are the main > surviving sources for the life of which military leader of the > ancient world? Alexander the Great. 4 for Joshua. > 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. Livy. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > 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? Sallust. > 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? Xenophon. 4 for Joshua. > 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. (Second) Peloponnesian War, Athens vs. Sparta. 4 for Joshua. > 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? Tacitus. > the Emperor Justinian, the Empress Theodora, their scandalous > sex lives, and their complete vulgarity. What, in English, > is the title of this titillating expose? "The Secret History". 4 for Joshua. > in which Alexander the Great is followed by Julius Caesar? > Shakespeare drew on this author quite extensively in "Anthony > and Cleopatra". Plutarch. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Lit Joshua Kreitzer 8 28 36 Dan Tilque 3 8 11 -- Mark Brader | "What ever happened to the concept of 'less is more'?" Toronto | "Ah, but if less is more, then just think how much msb@vex.net | more more would be." -- Frasier (David Lloyd) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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