| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 22 11:08AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-04, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Which film won the top honor for best overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards last week? 2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state last week? * Game 2, Round 2 - Science - Drugs from Plants or Animals About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally extracted from plant or animal sources. 1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source? 2. Taxol, also known by its generic name paclitaxel, is one of the most important cancer drugs. Discovered at the National Cancer Institute in the US in 1962, it was launched by Bristol Myers in 1992. For the first 20 years of its development it could only be obtained from the bark and leaves of which tree? 3. Premarin is an estrogen-containing drug that that was one of the first to treat symptoms of menopause also called hormone replacement therapy or HRT. When it was first introduced to the market, it was extracted from what? 4. Penicillin was the first antibiotic and played a major role in ending the reign of infectious diseases as the leading cause of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant? 5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug, extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what? 6. One of the most potent nerve toxins known to mankind has killed millions of people who have eaten spoiled food contaminated with the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics. What is the trademarked name of this drug? 7. A chemical found in the bark of the cinchona tree was used by Quechua Indians of Peru and Bolivia to fight infection by the malaria parasite. British colonials in India added it to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic. This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it? 8. Hockey celebrity Don Cherry """swears by""" ColdFX. This product was a groundbreaking over-the-counter cold medicine, since it was the first natural health product sold in Canada to back up its claims with proper clinical trials carried out at university hospitals. ColdFX is actually an extract of which plant? 9. The fertility drugs Menotropin, Menupur, and Repronex contain follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to stimulate maturation of eggs and ovulation in women having difficulty in becoming pregnant. The FSH in these drugs until relatively recently was commercialy obtained from what source? 10. Galantamine is a drug used to treat the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. It was discovered in the 1950s in Bulgaria and was produced from the bulbs of which plant family? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal fbhepr lbh zragvbarq jnf yvzvgrq gb n fcrpvsvp traqre bs cynag be navzny, lbh zhfg anzr gung traqre. Vs nal fbhepr lbh zragvbarq vf hevar, lbh zhfg anzr gur fcrpvrf cebqhpvat vg. Naq vs nal fbhepr lbh zragvbarq vf zbyq, lbh zhfg fnl jung xvaq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq svyy va gur zvffvat arprffnel qrgnvyf. * Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets This round is about Toronto streets that flow directly into another street. 1. Where does Bloor St. E. change into Danforth Av.? 2. Carlton St. changes into what street at Yonge St.? 3. Davenport Rd. changes into what street at Yonge? 4. York Mills Rd. changes into what avenue at Yonge? 5. Traveling east, Eastern Av. ends by curving to become which road? 6. Near which major cross avenue does Danforth Rd. merge into McCowan Rd.? 7. Traveling east, Lake Shore Blvd. E. ends by curving to become which avenue? 8. Traveling northbound on Beverly St., it changes to become what street at College St.? 9. Traveling south on Mt. Pleasant Rd., just after crossing Bloor St. this road merges into what street continuing south? 10. Traveling westbound on Front St. E., the street splits into two at Church St. Front becomes one-way eastbound, and what street takes the westbound traffic? -- Mark Brader | "What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out Toronto | of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches?" msb@vex.net | -- The Quarterly Review (England), March 1825 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 22 09:04PM -0700 On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 6:08:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 2. Who replaced Hillary Clinton as the US secretary of state > last week? John Kerry > About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally > extracted from plant or animal sources. > 1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source? willow bark > of the first to treat symptoms of menopause also called hormone > replacement therapy or HRT. When it was first introduced to > the market, it was extracted from what? mares' urine > of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor > Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common > contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant? Penicillium mold > 5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed > a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug, > extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what? Heroin (?) > the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has > been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics. > What is the trademarked name of this drug? Botox > to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a > little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic. > This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it? quinine > lbh zhfg anzr gur fcrpvrf cebqhpvat vg. Naq vs nal fbhepr lbh > zragvbarq vf zbyq, lbh zhfg fnl jung xvaq. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq > svyy va gur zvffvat arprffnel qrgnvyf. Qbar! > * Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Streets No answers in this round. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 23 03:07AM -0700 On 9/22/22 04:08, Mark Brader wrote: > About 50% of the prescription drugs used """today""" were originally > extracted from plant or animal sources. > 1. Aspirin or ASA was originally extracted from which plant source? willows > Institute in the US in 1962, it was launched by Bristol Myers > in 1992. For the first 20 years of its development it could > only be obtained from the bark and leaves of which tree? yew > of death. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish doctor > Alexander Fleming. He discovered and isolated it from a common > contaminant of his bacterial cultures. What contaminant? penicillium yeast > 5. In the 1890s scientists at Bayer discovered and marketed > a powerful painkiller that competed with Aspirin. This drug, > extracted from a common red flower, had a trademarked name: what? Tylenol > the bacteria that produce this toxin. This nerve toxin has > been purified and is used routinely today in medical clinics. > What is the trademarked name of this drug? Botox > to a medicinal water to fight malaria, and combined it with a > little gin to moderate the taste -- the origin of gin-and-tonic. > This drug is still an important anti-malarial today. What is it? quinine > 10. Galantamine is a drug used to treat the early stages of > Alzheimer's disease. It was discovered in the 1950s in Bulgaria > and was produced from the bulbs of which plant family? lily -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 22 11:05AM Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 1 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won by a sizable margin. Hearty congratulations, eh? > In this round, all of the answers will contain the word "fifth" > or "5th". What are the following? > 1. A 1988 novel by Doris Lessing. "The Fifth Child". > 2. The 1997 science-fiction movie starring Bruce Willis. "The Fifth Element". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. The first book of Robertson Davies's "Deptford" trilogy. "Fifth Business". > 4. A 2009 novel by "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell. "One Fifth Avenue." > 5. Someone who is in a situation where they are not really needed > or are ignored by other people. Fifth wheel. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > 6. This """recent""" "X Factor" runner-up has been referred to as > "the female version of One Direction". Fifth Harmony. 4 for Joshua. > 7. A music group from the '60s that had hits such as "Aquarius" > ("Let the Sunshine In") and "Wedding Bell Blues". The 5th Dimension. 4 for everyone. > 8. A term used to describe any class or group in society other > than the clergy, the nobility, the commoners, and the press. The fifth estate. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. In the CBC-TV series of that title, it means investigative TV journalism. > 9. A 1978 play by American playwright Lanford Wilson, focusing on > the disillusionment of Americans in the wake of the Vietnam War. "Fifth of July". 4 for Joshua. > 10. A group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that > engage in espionage or sabotage within defence lines or national > borders. Fifth column. 4 for everyone. > Dr. Drake, Dr. Tisdale, and Dr. Brown of the Hospital for > Sick Children in Toronto. What is the name of this product > that saved the lives of many infants? Pablum. It's a baby food. Malnutrition used to be a major cause of infant morality in the early 20th century, even in developed countries. (Typo from the original question sheet left in for fun.) > where Banting and Best did their insulin discovery > experiments in 1921 is no longer standing. What building > would you find """today""" at the same location? Medical Science Building. (Still true. Also accepting the Macleod Auditorium, which is part of it.) > * B. Toronto Sports > B1. In 1909 the first Grey Cup was played at what Toronto venue? Rosedale Field, a 4,000-seat stadium then located within Rosedale Park. Anything with "Rosedale" was sufficient. > was played at Maple Leaf Gardens. What was the name of the > Toronto-based professional basketball team that played that > night, but folded after one season? Toronto Huskies. > Street near College Avenue, and emptied into Lake Ontario > near the distillery district. What is the name of this > buried stream? Taddle Creek. This was easy if you knew about Taddle Creek Rd., a dead-end street that extended into the southeast part of the campus, but I learned when I posted the round in 2013 that the area's been pedestrianized and the street, too, no longer exists. > C2. What stream used to empty into Lake Ontario immediately > east of Fort York, long ago when the fort was on the shore > of the lake? Garrison Creek. It's not the fort that moved; it's the lakeshore. > D1. John Simcoe -- the founder of Toronto -- and his family, > while in Toronto, lived most of the time in a tent bought > from the estate of what famous British explorer? James Cook. 4 for Dan Blum -- thus making the round count for everybody. > D2. The oldest building still extant in Toronto is a cabin > originally owned by a government clerk and a close fried > of John Simcoe. What was the name of this early Torontonian? John Scadding. > and held his employees in disdain. But you don't have to > tell us that. Just tell us the *name* of this scoundrel > whose disappearance was never solved. Ambrose Small. > for misrepresenting the finances of Livent between 1993 > and 1998. Who was the co-founder of Livent who was convicted > along with Drabinsky? Myron Gottlieb. > F1. This Toronto entrepreneur started selling appliances from > a store on College Av. in 1949 at the age of 16. Initially > he marketed himself as "Mr. Laundry". Who was he? Mel Lastman. He became mayor, first of North York and then of Toronto after the "megacity" amalgamation, serving altogether from 1973 to 2003. > him an American name -- Edwin -- as well as an official > Jewish first name. What was the official first name of > Ed Mirvish? Yehudi. Giggle points for "Honest". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Geo His Spo Lit Can Mis Can SIX Joshua Kreitzer 16 34 32 28 36 28 28 0 186 Dan Tilque 16 36 16 20 20 0 16 0 124 Dan Blum 28 16 16 8 36 4 20 4 124 Pete Gayde 4 20 14 28 28 8 16 0 114 Erland Sommarskog 16 40 20 0 8 0 12 0 96 -- Mark Brader | The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. Toronto | He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him. msb@vex.net | But it is the universal weakness of mankind that what we are | given to administer we presently imagine we own. -- Wells My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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