| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 28 12:29AM 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 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music", "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws". The surname is sufficient. 2. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these products 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? 3. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is the requirement? ** Final, Round 2 - History * Provinces of Ancient Rome In each case we name a Roman province and describe some or all of the places bordering it. You tell where it was located, by naming the corresponding modern country. 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis. 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus. 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries: name either one. * Floor-Crossers and Party-Switchers In each case, name the politician. 4. This man was first elected to the federal Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway as a Liberal, later becoming Minister of Industry under Paul Martin. On 2006-02-06 he crossed the floor to become Minister of Trade for Stephen Harper. He later served as the Foreign Affairs Minister. He did not seek reelection in 2008. 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. 6. In 1990 this man resigned as Mulroney's Minister of the 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. * National Chiefs In each case, name the illustrated National Chief of the Assemblies of First Nations (AoFN). 7. He <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/chief/7.jpg> was National Chief from 1982 to 1985. He was elected President of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations in 1968. In 2002 he was charged with promoting hatred over anti-Semitic remarks made during a speech. 8. He <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/chief/8.jpg> was National Chief from 1985 to 1991, including he time of the Oka crisis. From the Northwest Territories, he was President of the Dene 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. 9. He <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/chief/9.jpg> was National Chief from 1991 to 1997. A Cree from Manitoba, as a lawyer he was a key strategist for the AoFN during the Oka crisis. As National Chief he was a key player in the Charlottetown Accord. * Former Federal Party Logos In each case, name the former Canadian federal party that used 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 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/11.png 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/party/12.png * History of Plastic Payments 13. Early charge cards were issued by businesses such as department stores, but could only be used at the issuing store. In 1950 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? 14. The first card that allowed credit over time (instead of full 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? 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee. What was this card called? ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature * Posthumous Publishing Name the authors of these posthumously published works. 1. "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man". 2. "The Original of Laura". 3. "Armageddon in Retrospect". * Museum Collections In each case, name the museum whose permanent collection includes all the works shown. 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png * 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> 8. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/8.jpg> 9. These awards <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/award/9.png> are given to Quebec artists for excellence in music, TV, and 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. * Canadian Photographers In each case, name the photographer whose work is shown. 10. This Vancouver photographer creates large-scale genre scenes that are often staged, photographed in individual sections, and digitally assembled. In 2012 his picture "Dead Troops 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. 11. He is well known for his black-and-white photographs, usually taken in long exposures on old panoramic cameras. His subjects <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/photo/11.jpg> 18th-century 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. 12. This photographer is famous for his large-format images 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>. * Born in 1912 Last week in current events we called to mind the 100th birthday of Northrop Frye. Name these other people born that same year. (None of them lived to 100, though.) 13. This <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/born/13.jpg> American author and critic wrote "Memoirs of a Catholic Girlhood", "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". 14. This <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/born/14.jpg> Romanian-French playwright was a leading proponent of the theater of the absurd. His works include "The Bald Soprano", "The Lesson", and "Rhinoceros". 15. This <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/born/15.jpg> Australian novelist and short-story writer won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. His works include "Voss", "A Fringe of Leaves", and "The Twyborn Affair". -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 27 10:06PM -0700 On 8/27/22 17:29, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north > by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus. Turkey > 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north > by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries: > name either one. Portugal > 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? Diner's Club > 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 > 15. In 1985, Sears introduced a credit card that had no annual fee. > What was this card called? Discover > In each case, name the museum whose permanent collection includes > all the works shown. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png Guggenheim Museum > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png Museum of Modern Art > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png The Louvre -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 28 11:56AM +0200 > ** Final, Round 2 - History > * Provinces of Ancient Rome > 1. Aquitania -- bordered to the north by Lugdunensis. France > 2. Cappadocia -- bordered to the west by Galatia, and to the north > by Pontus and the Pontus Euxinus. Turkey > 3. Lusitania -- bordered to the south by Baetica and to the north > by Tarraconensis. Lusitania extended into two modern countries: > name either one. Portugal > 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. Harper > 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? American Express > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/4.png > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/5.png > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/museum/6.png Am I right to asume that all are Canadian museums? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 28 12:26AM 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*)". So Game 10 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won by a sizable margin. Hearty congratulations, sir! > In Samoa you would say "tofa"; in Norway, "ha det." For the first > 6 questions, we'll give you the name of a country, and you say > "goodbye" in that country's native language. In the original game, this was tied with Round 8 (Canadian character actors) as the easiest round and, if current-events rounds are ignored, as two of four rounds tied for third-easiest in the entire season. (The other two were: Game 8, Round 3 - Name the Artwork - and Game 7, Round 3 - Dickens Characters.) > 1. Italy. Arrivederci or ciao. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Japan. Sayonara. 4 for everyone. > 3. Spain. Adiós or hasta la vista. 4 for everyone. > 4. France. Au revoir or adieu. 4 for everyone. > 5. Germany. Auf Wiedersehen or (informal) Tschüss. 4 for everyone. > 6. Ireland (Gaelic). Slán ("slawn"). (Not "Sláinte", which means "health" and is a drinking toast like "cheers".) > 7. In which language is the word for goodbye "lehitraot"? Hebrew. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 8. In what country would you expect someone to say "zài jiàn"? China. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum. > 9. In which major language is the word for goodbye "ma'as-salama"? Arabic. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. In which language is the word for goodbye "vale" ["VAH-lay" or > "WAH-lay"]? Latin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > co-conspirator in the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the > Louvre in 1911, and for forging a copy which was sold as > the original? Pablo Picasso. (He was cleared.) 4 for Joshua and Erland. > A2. What famous artist designed the logo for the candy sucker > pop Chupa Chups? Salvador Dalí. 4 for Joshua. > years after each split. Given the name of the supercontinent > that was in existence 200,000,000-300,000,000 years ago. > Its name derives from the Greek term for "entire Earth". Pangaea. 4 for everyone. > B2. Give the name of the supercontinent in existence 750,000,000- > 1,100,000,000 years ago. This name comes from the Russian > for "to give birth". Rodinia. 4 for Dan Tilque. > freshwater lakes at 2,980 km (1,851 miles), or 6,175 km > (3,840 miles) if you count the islands within the lake. > It's a record either way. Name the lake. L. Huron. 4 for Dan Tilque. > C2. The oldest known lake in the world is this Russian lake that > fills a rift valley, and is estimated to be 25,000,000 > years old. Name the lake. L. Baikal. 4 for everyone. > decision that women are "not persons", eventually leading > to a change in Canadian judicial approach known as the > "Living Tree Doctrine"? The Famous (or Valiant) Five. (Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards.) 4 for Joshua. > D2. What is the numerical term for the group of women's liberal > arts colleges in the US that has been considered a parallel > to the men's -- as it was -- Ivy League? The Seven Sisters. (Vassar, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, Barnard, Smith, Mt. Holyoke.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > * E. Pixar Villains > E1. Charles Muntz, voiced by Christopher Plummer, is the villain > of which Pixar movie? "Up!" 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > E2. Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, is the villain of > which Pixar movie? "Monsters Inc." 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > *Note*: in each case you can answer for the next event, in 2023. > F1. What nation will host the """next""" Rugby World Cup, > in 2015? 2015 answer: England. 2023 answer: France. 4 for Erland. > F2. Give either of the two nations that will co-host the > """next""" Cricket World Cup, also in 2015. 2015 answer: Australia, New Zealand. 2023 answer: India. 4 for Erland and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Lit Can Can Sci Can Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 8 28 18 3 8 10 36 32 132 Dan Tilque 3 8 -- -- 24 0 28 20 83 Dan Blum -- -- -- -- 12 17 32 20 81 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- 4 0 32 20 56 Pete Gayde -- -- 0 10 -- -- 20 24 54 -- Mark Brader "'A matter of opinion'[?] I have to say you are Toronto right. There['s] your opinion, which is wrong, msb@vex.net and mine, which is right." -- Gene Ward Smith My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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