| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 06:28AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-11, 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 6, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Cocktail Recipes We are in a pub, so we should know something about cocktails. In this round -- pun intended! -- you will be asked to identify some of the ingredients of some of the official cocktails as recognized by the International Bartenders Association. Answers may repeat. All correct answers will contain alcohol. And if any of your answers are whiskey, you need to be more specific. 1. What liquor is used to make a Bramble? 2. What liquor is used to make a Mary Pickford? 3. What liqueur is used to make a Harvey Wallbanger? 4. What is the alcoholic ingredient in a Horse's Neck? 5. The Godfather is made with Amaretto Di Saronno and what spirit? 6. The alcoholic ingredients of a Kamikaze are vodka and what liqueur? 7. The two alcoholic ingredients of a Manhattan are red vermouth and what liquor? 8. The recipe for a Sidecar includes two alcoholic beverages: triple sec and what other? 9. The recipe for a Cosmopolitan includes two alcoholic beverages: citron vodka and what liqueur? 10. The recipe for Long Island ice tea contains 5 alcoholic ingredients, including, gin, tequila, vodka, rum, and... what liqueur? ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Crime and Punishment * A. History: It's All in the Family These two questions are about the Five Mafia Families of New York. A1. What is the name of the body that was created in 1931 that governs the Five Families? A2. John Gotti was at one point the boss of what crime family? * B. Geography: The Big House B1. In what US state would you find Folsom State Prison and San Quentin State Prison? B2. In what US state would you find Riker's Island, Attica Correctional Facility, and Sing Sing? * C. Literature: Crime Story C1. Who wrote the novel "Farewell My Lovely"? C2. Who wrote the novel "The Maltese Falcon"? * D. Sports: These are No Role Models D1. In 2011, which retired San Francisco Giants player was convicted of obstruction of justice for lying about the use of steroids? D2. In 1994, which figure skater was convicted for hindering the prosecution of the attackers of her fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan? * E. Entertainment: Canadian Content These two questions cover Canadian-produced crime series. In each case name the series. E1. This was a Vancouver-based crime drama that ran for two seasons in 2006-07, starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott. The show centered on Jimmy Reardon, one of Vancouver's top organized crime bosses, and Mary Spalding, the director of the Vancouver Organized Crime Unit who has offered Reardon immunity from prosecution in exchange for his role as a police informant. E2. This show, which ran from 2008 to 2012, focused on a fictional elite tactical unit, the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a Canadian metropolitan police force. The SRU was tasked with resolving extreme situations that regular officers are not trained to handle, including hostage-taking, bomb threats, and heavily armed criminals. The show starred Hugh Dillon and Amy Jo Johnson. * F. Miscellaneous: Cultural Centers F1. In what American city """can""" you find the Mob Museum: the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement? F2. In what American city """can""" you find the Crime Museum: the National Museum of Crime and Punishment? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Effective immediately, all memos are to be written msb@vex.net | in clear, active-voice English." -- US gov't memo My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Nov 21 08:39PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > work they're from. > 1. Nell Trent. > 2. Bob Cratchit. A Christmas Story > 3. John Jarndyce. > 4. Sydney Carton. A Tale of Two Cities > 8. Estella Havisham. > 9. Augustus Snodgrass. > 10. Bill Sikes or Sykes. Oliver Twist > 3. What is the *nickname* of the 40% complete, 1 m tall fossil > skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis found in the Hadar region > of Ethiopia in 1974? Lucy > 7. In 1890, Eugene Dubois discovered and named Pithecanthropus > erectus (later renamed Homo erectus) in the Dutch East Indies. > What is the *nickname* of his find? Lucy > either way. How old, within that margin, is this Neanderthal? > 10. The Neanderthals are officially called Homo sapiens > neanderthalensis. What, then, is our own official name? Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 22 06:27AM Mark Brader: > We'll give you the name of a Dickens character; you tell us which > work they're from. > 1. Nell Trent. "The Old Curiosity Shop". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Bluum. > 2. Bob Cratchit. "A Christmas Carol". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. "A Christmas Story" is by Jean Shepherd, not Dickens. > 3. John Jarndyce. "Bleak House". 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. Sydney Carton. "A Tale of Two Cities". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 5. Wackford Squeers. "Nicholas Nickleby". 4 for Stephen. > 6. Edward Murdstone. "David Copperfield". 4 for Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > 7. Thomas Gradgrind. "Hard Times". 4 for Stephen. > 8. Estella Havisham. "Great Expectations". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 9. Augustus Snodgrass. "The Pickwick Papers". 4 for Stephen. > 10. Bill Sikes or Sykes. "Oliver Twist". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Pete. Judging by Google Books results, Sikes was the intended spelling of the name but in different editions of the novel it is misspelled Sykes in different places from time to time, and some screen adaptations have used the latter spelling. The former Canadian Inquisition team named after the character -- because their home pub was the Artful Dodger -- split the difference by spelling their name "Bill Psychs". > hunter himself, as well as the former chair of the National > Museums of Kenya and head of the Kenya wildlife services. > We need his first name. Richard Leakey. (He died in January 2022.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 2. What is the name of the gorge on the southern edge of the > Serengeti Plain in Tanzania, where Mary and Louis Leakey worked > for over 30 years searching for ancient hominids? Olduvai Gorge. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 3. What is the *nickname* of the 40% complete, 1 m tall fossil > skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis found in the Hadar region > of Ethiopia in 1974? Lucy. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > Scientists hissing and scratching!! Name either of the > paleoanthropologists who headed the dig where <answer 3> > was found. Donald Johanson, Tim White. I scored "Johnson" as almost correct. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Stephen. > debate about what specimens belong to the species and the actual > name (to some it goes by Australopithecus rather than Homo), > what does "habilis" mean for this species? Handy (accepting "handyman", "able", "dextrous", etc.). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 6. What important fossils did Mary Leakey discover at the Laetoli > site in Tanzania in 1978? These 3,600,000-year-old fossils > lend proof to early bipedalism. Footprints of hominids walking. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. In 1890, Eugene Dubois discovered and named Pithecanthropus > erectus (later renamed Homo erectus) in the Dutch East Indies. > What is the *nickname* of his find? Java man. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > nicks on the skull that look like they might have come from > an eagle's bill. The nickname refers to the region in South > Africa where it was found. Raymond Dart, Taung child skull. 4 for Dan Tilque. > from Zafarraya in Southern Spain. Knowing that exact dating is > a science with rough edges, we'll allow you 3,000 years' leeway > either way. How old, within that margin, is this Neanderthal? 28,000 years (accepting 25,000-31,000). 4 for Stephen. > 10. The Neanderthals are officially called Homo sapiens > neanderthalensis. What, then, is our own official name? Homo sapiens sapiens. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Geo Can Spo Lit Sci FOUR Stephen Perry 40 40 37 40 40 34 160 Joshua Kreitzer 32 31 5 40 24 24 127 Dan Blum 20 24 12 31 22 28 105 Dan Tilque 8 20 9 24 8 32 85 Pete Gayde 20 27 -- -- 8 4 59 Erland Sommarskog 0 36 -- -- -- -- 36 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It's the almost correct solutions that msb@vex.net are the most dangerous..." -- Dave Eisen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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