| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 07:30PM 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 9 - Miscellaneous - Fortune-Telling There are many forms of fortune-telling using many different types of objects. From the definitions that will be given to you, pick the appropriate word from the list below. For example: fortune-telling using lines from a palm of a hand is palmistry. | Ailuromancy | Enoptromancy | Nomancy | Aleuromancy | Gyromancy | Oenomancy | Alphitomancy | Halomancy | Onimancy | Anthracomancy | Hydromancy | Ophiomancy | Astragalomancy | Ichthyomancy | Pedomancy | Belomancy | Lampadomancy | Pegomancy | Bibliomancy | Lecanomancy | Phyllomancy | Capnomancy | Lithomancy | Pseohomancy | Catoptromancy | Mazomancy | Pseudomancy | Cephalonamancy | Meteormancy | Pyromancy | Ceromancy | Metopomancy | Retromancy | Coscinomancy | Molybdomancy | Rhaddomancy | Crithomancy | Myomancy | Scapulimancy | Cromnyomancy | Necyomancy | Scatomancy | Spadomancy | Tephramancy | Xenomancy | Spatilomancy | Topomancy | Xylomancy | Spatulomancy | Trochomancy | Ydromancy | Stigonomancy | Tyromancy | Zygomancy | Sycomancy | Urimancy What is fortune-telling based on... 1. Salt? 2. Wine? 3. Fish offal? 4. Observing the tide? 5. Stones or stone charms? 6. Thunder, lightning, etc.? 7. Boiling the head of an ass? 8. Melting wax dropped in water? 9. Walking in circles until dizzy? 10. Things seen over one's shoulder? ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 1,2,3,4,5,6 * A. First-Place Presidential Losers Just because a candidate won the popular vote -- got the most votes from voters nationwide -- in a US presidential election, that does not necessarily mean they won the presidency. Here are two questions about times when they didn't. A1. In 1824 no one won the majority of the electoral votes, so as per the 12th Amendment, the president was elected from among the top three finishers by the House of Representatives (with each state having one vote). To the surprise of most people, the winner by a vote of 13-7-4 was John Quincy Adams, who had finished second both in electoral votes and in the popular vote from those states that then used it. But who was the second-place candidate, who had finished first in both electoral votes and popular votes? A2. In the 1876 election it seemed at first that the Democratic candidate won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. But because of fraud by both parties, the results in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida were in dispute. A committee with 8 pro-Republican and 7 pro-Democratic members finally decided to give all the disputed electoral votes to the Republicans, so that Rutherford Hayes won the presidency by single electoral vote. Who was the losing Democratic candidate who had the most popular votes in 1876? * B. Two for Tea Two questions about the world's second-most-popular beverage, after water. B1. In which country was prepared ice tea bottled on a commercial scale, in 1983? If anyone is interested, Snapple did not start bottling ice tea until 1987. B2. In which country was prepared ice tea first commercially packaged in cans, in 1981? * C. Third Cities The largest and second-largest cities are often well known, but can you name the *third-largest* city, according to the 2011 census, in these Canadian provinces? This means the city proper, not the metropolitan area. (*Note*: The 2021 census results are not yet available, but you may instead answer for the 2016 census, and you need not say if you are doing that.) C1. Calgary and Edmonton are the two largest cities in Alberta; what city is third? C2. Saskatoon and Regina are the two largest cities in Saskatchewan; what city is third? * D. Fore!!! D1. The first Masters golf tournament in 1934, and the third one in 1936, were won by the same man nicknamed the Joplin Ghost. What was his name? D2. Golf originated in Scotland. Until the early 17th century, what material was most commonly used to make golf balls? * E. Five Movies Here are five... no, five is right out. Okay, here are *two* questions about movies with "Five" in the title. E1. "Slaughterhouse-Five" was the first winner of this award for best science-fiction movie, in 1972. What award? E2. Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Five Easy Pieces"? * F. 6th of Science F1. What is the 6th element of the periodic table? F2. Who won the 6th Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906? This British scientist is credited with discovering electrons and isotopes, and inventing the mass spectrometer. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "As long as that blue light is on, the msb@vex.net computer is safe." -- Hot Millions My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 02 11:49PM +0200 > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Fortune-Telling > 1. Salt? > 2. Wine? Oenomancy > 4. Observing the tide? Hydromancy > 9. Walking in circles until dizzy? Gyromancy > 10. Things seen over one's shoulder? Zygomancy > B1. In which country was prepared ice tea bottled on a > commercial scale, in 1983? If anyone is interested, > Snapple did not start bottling ice tea until 1987. Japan > B2. In which country was prepared ice tea first commercially > packaged in cans, in 1981? Japan > * F. 6th of Science > F1. What is the 6th element of the periodic table? Carbon > F2. Who won the 6th Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906? This > British scientist is credited with discovering electrons > and isotopes, and inventing the mass spectrometer. Rutherford |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 12:34AM > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Fortune-Telling > 1. Salt? halomancy > 2. Wine? oenomancy > 3. Fish offal? ichthyomancy > 4. Observing the tide? hydromancy; ydromancy > 5. Stones or stone charms? lithomancy > 6. Thunder, lightning, etc.? meteormancy; tephramancy > 7. Boiling the head of an ass? cephalonamancy > 8. Melting wax dropped in water? ceromancy > 9. Walking in circles until dizzy? mazomancy > 10. Things seen over one's shoulder? retromancy > in the popular vote from those states that then used it. > But who was the second-place candidate, who had finished > first in both electoral votes and popular votes? Jackson; Clay > votes to the Republicans, so that Rutherford Hayes won the > presidency by single electoral vote. Who was the losing > Democratic candidate who had the most popular votes in 1876? Tilden > B1. In which country was prepared ice tea bottled on a > commercial scale, in 1983? If anyone is interested, > Snapple did not start bottling ice tea until 1987. India > B2. In which country was prepared ice tea first commercially > packaged in cans, in 1981? India > * D. Fore!!! > D2. Golf originated in Scotland. Until the early 17th century, > what material was most commonly used to make golf balls? sheepskin > * F. 6th of Science > F1. What is the 6th element of the periodic table? carbon > F2. Who won the 6th Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906? This > British scientist is credited with discovering electrons > and isotopes, and inventing the mass spectrometer. Thomson -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 02 07:15PM -0700 On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:30:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > fortune-telling using lines from a palm of a hand is palmistry. > What is fortune-telling based on... > 1. Salt? Halomancy > 2. Wine? Oenomancy > 3. Fish offal? Ichthyomancy > 4. Observing the tide? Hydromancy > 5. Stones or stone charms? Aleuromancy; Alphitomancy > 6. Thunder, lightning, etc.? Meteormancy > 7. Boiling the head of an ass? Cephalonamancy > 8. Melting wax dropped in water? Ceromancy > 9. Walking in circles until dizzy? Gyromancy > 10. Things seen over one's shoulder? Enoptromancy; Nomancy > in the popular vote from those states that then used it. > But who was the second-place candidate, who had finished > first in both electoral votes and popular votes? Andrew Jackson > votes to the Republicans, so that Rutherford Hayes won the > presidency by single electoral vote. Who was the losing > Democratic candidate who had the most popular votes in 1876? Tilden > B1. In which country was prepared ice tea bottled on a > commercial scale, in 1983? If anyone is interested, > Snapple did not start bottling ice tea until 1987. Japan > B2. In which country was prepared ice tea first commercially > packaged in cans, in 1981? Japan > questions about movies with "Five" in the title. > E1. "Slaughterhouse-Five" was the first winner of this award > for best science-fiction movie, in 1972. What award? Saturn Award > E2. Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting > Actress for "Five Easy Pieces"? Karen Black > * F. 6th of Science > F1. What is the 6th element of the periodic table? carbon > F2. Who won the 6th Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906? This > British scientist is credited with discovering electrons > and isotopes, and inventing the mass spectrometer. Rutherford -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 07:29PM Mark Brader: > We give you three characters from the same literary work; you name > the author (*not* the title). > 1. Tom Joad, Ma Joad, Jim Casy. John Steinbeck ("The Grapes of Wrath"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Ishmael, Captain Ahab, Queequeg. Herman Melville ("Moby-Dick"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Don Rodrigue, Don Diègue, Chimène. Pierre Corneille ("Le Cid"). > 4. Natty Bumppo, Chingachgook, Uncas. James Fenimore Cooper ("The Last of the Mohicans"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Cecil Fielding. E.M. Forster ("A Passage to India"). 4 for Joshua. > 6. Edmond Dantès, Mercédès, Monsieur Danglars. Alexandre Dumas (père, but as usual the surname was sufficient) ("The Count of Monte Cristo"). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 7. Robert Cohn, Lady Brett Ashley, Jake Barnes. Ernest Hemingway ("The Sun Also Rises"). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 8. Hepzibah Pyncheon, Thomas Maule, Mr. Holgrave. Nathaniel Hawthorne ("The House of Seven Gables"). > 9. Hans Castorp, Ludovico Settembrini, Clavdia Chauchat. Thomas Mann ("The Magic Mountain"). > 10. Michael Henchard, Donald Farfrae, Elizabeth-Jane Newson. Thomas Hardy ("The Mayor of Casterbridge"). > example, we are looking here for the bass guitarist who has > left the group but was their bass player for the first 30 years > or so.) Bill Wyman. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 2. U2. Adam Clayton. 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua. > 3. Yes. Chris Squire. 4 for Erland. > 4. Rush. Geddy Lee. 4 for Erland. > 5. Cream. Jack Bruce. 4 for Erland. > 6. The Who. John Entwistle. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 7. Pink Floyd. Roger Waters. 4 for Erland. > 8. The Beatles. Paul McCartney. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 9. Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones. 4 for Joshua. > 10. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Flea (Michael Balzary). 4 for Erland. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci His Spo Lit Ent THREE Joshua Kreitzer 24 20 28 24 19 76 Dan Tilque 20 8 20 12 0 52 Dan Blum 16 11 4 20 0 47 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- 0 36 36 -- Mark Brader | [It was] based on a rather unique interpretation Toronto | [of the law]... (and, by unique, we mean "wrong")... msb@vex.net | --Mike Masnick My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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