| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 05:06AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-09, 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 9, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Collegiates We'll give you the location of a Toronto District School Board high school, and you name the school. Note that the schools are in *alphabetical order*, and """all end with "Collegiate Institute"""" (which you can omit). The pre-amalgamation municipality is shown if it is not Toronto. 1. 17 Broadway Av. 2. 209 Jameson Av. 3. 730 Eglinton Av. W. 4. 1094 Gerrard St. E. 5. 100 Pine St., York. 6. 991 St. Clair Av. W. 7. """1141 Bloor St. W.""" 8. 650 Cosburn Av., East York. 9. 135 Overlea Blvd., North York. 10. 3663 Danforth Av., Scarborough. * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Blue Jays: No Tom, No Dick, No Harry We'll give you the last name of a """current""" or former Blue Jay, and a bit more information. You give us the player's first name, as commonly used by the team. 1. Pitcher Valdéz. 2. Outfielder Wise. 3. Outfielder Berroa. 4. Third baseman Iorg. 5. 2012 infielder Gomes. 6. Outfielder Maldonado. 7. Right fielder Mondesí. 8. Third baseman Mulliniks. 9. Pitcher (and writer) Hayhurst. 10. """Current""" utility outfielder Davis. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Every new technology carries with it an opportunity msb@vex.net | to invent a new crime" -- Laurence A. Urgenson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 05:02AM Mark Brader: > generally accepted scientific name for what the popular press > has been calling "the God particle", which scientists at CERN's > Large Hadron Collider announced that they seemed to have found. Higgs boson. Dan Blum and Dan Tilque got this. > 2. Bad things can happen when you're away on vacation. While former > French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni were > relaxing at a Laurentian cottage, what happened at their homes? They were raided by the police. It was an investigation of corruption and secret campaign financing. Sarkozy was eventually convicted in 2021. > of a well-known personage, along with their the date of death and > some more information. You name the person. > 1. Died 0041-01-24; Roman emperor. "I am still alive!" Gaius "Caligula" Germanicus. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 2. Died 1945-04-12; American. "I have a terrible headache." Franklin Roosevelt. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. Died 1977-08-16; American singer. "I hope I haven't bored you." Elvis Presley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Erland. > 4. Died 212 BC; Greek engineer/mathematician. "Do not disturb my circles." Archimedes. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Died 1793-10-16; French. "Pardon me, sir. I did not do it > on purpose." Marie Antoinette. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 6. Died 1882-04-19; British scientist. "I am not the least afraid > to die." Charles Darwin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Died 1977-05-10; American actress. "Damn it? Don't you dare > ask God to help me!" Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn was not a good guess. She was still acting until 1994 and lived until 2003! > 8. Died 1883-03-14; multi-faceted German. "Go on, get out. > Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." Karl Marx. 4 for Joshua. > 9. Died 1967-10-09; Argentinian. "I know you have come to kill me. > Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man." Ernesto "Che" Guevara. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Erland. > 10. Died 1953-11-27; American playwright. "I knew it. I knew it. > Born in a hotel room, and God damn it, died in a hotel room." Eugene O'Neill. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > sometime in the 19th century (although the poems may date from another > century). You name the poet. > 1. "Hyperion"; "To Autumn"; "The Eve of St Agnes". John Keats. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. "Gunga Din"; "The Female of the Species"; "If". Rudyard Kipling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 3. "The Prisoner"; "Remembrance"; "No Coward Soul is Mine". Emily Bronte. > 4. "Sohrab and Rustum"; "The Scholar Gypsy"; "Dover Beach". Matthew Arnold. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 5. "The Wreck of the Deutschland"; "Pied Beauty"; "God's Grandeur". Gerard Manley Hopkins. > 6. "The Triumph of Life"; "Prometheus Unbound"; "Ode to the > West Wind". Percy Shelley. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 7. "My Last Duchess"; "The Ring and the Book"; "The Pied Piper > of Hamlin". Robert Browning. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 8. "Idylls of the King"; "In Memoriam A.H.H."; "Charge of the > Light Brigade". Alfred Lord Tennyson. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 9. "Goblin Market"; "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Christmas carol); > "When I am Dead My Dearest". Christina Rossetti. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 10. "The Dynasts"; "The Convergence of the Twain" (on the sinking > of the Titanic); "The Darkling Thrush". Thomas Hardy. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Lit Joshua Kreitzer 32 28 60 Dan Blum 23 28 51 Dan Tilque 16 16 32 Erland Sommarskog 8 0 8 -- Mark Brader | "Our politicians... they're great mathematicians! Toronto | All they know is to divide and subtract." msb@vex.net | --"Servant of the People" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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