| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 06 05:01PM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-04, 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 5, Round 7 - Literature - Thanks for the Memoirs 1. This memoir, written by John Howard Griffin and published in 1961, was based on Griffin's experience when he took drugs, skin cream, and sun lamp treatments, to darken his Caucasian completion so he would look like an African-American. Next, he spent 6 weeks travelling by bus and occasionally hitch-hiking in the segregated states of the Deep South, facing racial discrimination first hand. What was the name of the memoir Griffin wrote in 1961? 2. Probably the world's most famous diarist writing in English, he was a Member of Parliament and a naval administrator. His diary, spanning 1660-69, described his personal life and also gave detailed eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Who was this famous diarist? 3. Who was the transcendentalist who published a memoir called "Walden" in 1854, detailing two years he spent, living simply, in a cabin he built by Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts? 4. What is the memoir written by Christy Brown, an Irishman crippled by cerebral palsy? The same title was used for a 1989 movie based on the memoir, which won Daniel Day-Lewis an Oscar as Best Actor. 5. Which former US president finished writing his autobiography just 5 days before he died of cancer in 1885? The memoir focuses on his military career and makes little mention of his presidency. Who wrote this work, which was published and was very successfully marketed by Mark Twain? 6. Who was the early Christian saint, who in 397 published a 13-volume memoir called "Confessions"? After his eventual conversion to Christianity, he became a priest, then later, the Bishop of Hippo in what is now Algeria. Name this early Christian author and theologian. 7. Who was the Irish playwright, novelist, and master of the bon mot, who wrote the memoir "De Profundis" ("From the Depths") to his companion Lord Alfred Douglas while serving a 2-year term in 1895-97 in Reading Gaol for acts of "gross indecency"? 8. Who was the deeply religious British author who wrote "A Grief Observed", a month after his wife died in 1960? In the memoir, he expressed his anger not only over the loss of his wife but over his temporary loss of conscious contact with God. 9. Who was the French novelist, existentialist, and feminist writer who wrote "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter"? She was a close friend and confidante of Jean-Paul Sartre, and her better-known works include the novels "She Came to Stay" and "The Mandarins" as well as the feminist treatise "The Second Sex". 10. Who was the American author, political activist, and lecturer, who lived 1880-1968 and wrote the memoir "The Story of My Life"? In the work, she talks about the gracious discourse of her book friends, and about her dog friends who understood her limitations. * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Volcanoes After a wintry season, many of us are craving some warmth. This round is s about the Earth's ultimate hot spots -- volcanoes! 1. This dark black or grey rock is the most common type of volcanic rock. Name it. 2. Naturally occurring volcanic glass was used by many stone-age cultures as material for arrowheads and spearheads. What is it called? 3. What term is used for airborne particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic eruption? 4. The summit elevation of what volcano decreased by 400 m (1,300 feet) when it violently erupted in 1980? 5. If you go by the difference between the base elevation (below sea level) and summit elevation, in what *island group* will you find the tallest volcano in the world? 6. And if you go by summit elevation above sea level, then the tallest volcano in the world is on what *continent*? 7. The deadliest volcanic eruption occurred in 1815: the after-effects caused 1816 to be "the year without a summer". What was the name of this volcano that erupted in 1815? 8. What is rough, highly vesicular, glassy volcanic rock called? 9. What is the name of a depression that is formed when the ground subsides or collapses because the underlying magma chamber had been partially emptied after a volcanic eruption? 10. To the nearest multiple of 5%, and plus or minus 5 percentage points, what percentage of the world's active and dormant volcanoes are contained within the Pacific "Ring of Fire"? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gb zbfg Ratyvfu-fcrnxref Abegu naq Fbhgu Nzrevpn ner frcnengr pbagvaragf. Vs lbh nafjrerq Nzrevpn ba gur fvkgu dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fcrpvsl juvpu bar bs gur gjb. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX make moving not pain msb@vex.net | but almost pleasure." -- "Housewife", 1941 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 06 09:42AM -0800 On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 11:01:37 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote: > in the segregated states of the Deep South, facing racial > discrimination first hand. What was the name of the memoir > Griffin wrote in 1961? "Black Like Me" > detailed eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague of London, > the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. > Who was this famous diarist? Pepys > 3. Who was the transcendentalist who published a memoir called > "Walden" in 1854, detailing two years he spent, living simply, > in a cabin he built by Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts? Thoreau > by cerebral palsy? The same title was used for a 1989 movie > based on the memoir, which won Daniel Day-Lewis an Oscar as > Best Actor. "My Left Foot" > focuses on his military career and makes little mention of > his presidency. Who wrote this work, which was published and > was very successfully marketed by Mark Twain? Grant > conversion to Christianity, he became a priest, then later, > the Bishop of Hippo in what is now Algeria. Name this early > Christian author and theologian. Augustine > mot, who wrote the memoir "De Profundis" ("From the Depths") > to his companion Lord Alfred Douglas while serving a 2-year > term in 1895-97 in Reading Gaol for acts of "gross indecency"? Wilde > Observed", a month after his wife died in 1960? In the memoir, > he expressed his anger not only over the loss of his wife but > over his temporary loss of conscious contact with God. Lewis > a close friend and confidante of Jean-Paul Sartre, and her > better-known works include the novels "She Came to Stay" and "The > Mandarins" as well as the feminist treatise "The Second Sex". de Beauvoir > In the work, she talks about the gracious discourse of her > book friends, and about her dog friends who understood her > limitations. Keller > This round is s about the Earth's ultimate hot spots -- volcanoes! > 1. This dark black or grey rock is the most common type of > volcanic rock. Name it. basalt > 2. Naturally occurring volcanic glass was used by many stone-age > cultures as material for arrowheads and spearheads. What is > it called? obsidian > 4. The summit elevation of what volcano decreased by 400 m > (1,300 feet) when it violently erupted in 1980? Mt. St. Helens > 5. If you go by the difference between the base elevation (below > sea level) and summit elevation, in what *island group* will > you find the tallest volcano in the world? Hawaii > 6. And if you go by summit elevation above sea level, then the > tallest volcano in the world is on what *continent*? South America > 7. The deadliest volcanic eruption occurred in 1815: the > after-effects caused 1816 to be "the year without a summer". > What was the name of this volcano that erupted in 1815? Krakatoa > 10. To the nearest multiple of 5%, and plus or minus 5 percentage > points, what percentage of the world's active and dormant > volcanoes are contained within the Pacific "Ring of Fire"? 75%; 64% -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 06 07:27PM +0100 > focuses on his military career and makes little mention of > his presidency. Who wrote this work, which was published and > was very successfully marketed by Mark Twain? Grant > mot, who wrote the memoir "De Profundis" ("From the Depths") > to his companion Lord Alfred Douglas while serving a 2-year > term in 1895-97 in Reading Gaol for acts of "gross indecency"? Joyce > a close friend and confidante of Jean-Paul Sartre, and her > better-known works include the novels "She Came to Stay" and "The > Mandarins" as well as the feminist treatise "The Second Sex". Simone Beauvoir > This round is s about the Earth's ultimate hot spots -- volcanoes! > 1. This dark black or grey rock is the most common type of > volcanic rock. Name it. Basalt > 4. The summit elevation of what volcano decreased by 400 m > (1,300 feet) when it violently erupted in 1980? Mt Kinley > 6. And if you go by summit elevation above sea level, then the > tallest volcano in the world is on what *continent*? South America > 7. The deadliest volcanic eruption occurred in 1815: the > after-effects caused 1816 to be "the year without a summer". > What was the name of this volcano that erupted in 1815? Kratakoa > 10. To the nearest multiple of 5%, and plus or minus 5 percentage > points, what percentage of the world's active and dormant > volcanoes are contained within the Pacific "Ring of Fire"? 45% |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 06 08:07PM > in the segregated states of the Deep South, facing racial > discrimination first hand. What was the name of the memoir > Griffin wrote in 1961? Black Like Me > detailed eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague of London, > the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. > Who was this famous diarist? Pepys > 3. Who was the transcendentalist who published a memoir called > "Walden" in 1854, detailing two years he spent, living simply, > in a cabin he built by Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts? Thoreau > by cerebral palsy? The same title was used for a 1989 movie > based on the memoir, which won Daniel Day-Lewis an Oscar as > Best Actor. My Left Foot > focuses on his military career and makes little mention of > his presidency. Who wrote this work, which was published and > was very successfully marketed by Mark Twain? Grant > conversion to Christianity, he became a priest, then later, > the Bishop of Hippo in what is now Algeria. Name this early > Christian author and theologian. Augustine > mot, who wrote the memoir "De Profundis" ("From the Depths") > to his companion Lord Alfred Douglas while serving a 2-year > term in 1895-97 in Reading Gaol for acts of "gross indecency"? Wilde > Observed", a month after his wife died in 1960? In the memoir, > he expressed his anger not only over the loss of his wife but > over his temporary loss of conscious contact with God. Lewis > a close friend and confidante of Jean-Paul Sartre, and her > better-known works include the novels "She Came to Stay" and "The > Mandarins" as well as the feminist treatise "The Second Sex". De Beauvoir > In the work, she talks about the gracious discourse of her > book friends, and about her dog friends who understood her > limitations. Keller > * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Volcanoes > 1. This dark black or grey rock is the most common type of > volcanic rock. Name it. basalt > 2. Naturally occurring volcanic glass was used by many stone-age > cultures as material for arrowheads and spearheads. What is > it called? obsidian > 4. The summit elevation of what volcano decreased by 400 m > (1,300 feet) when it violently erupted in 1980? Mt. Saint Helens > 5. If you go by the difference between the base elevation (below > sea level) and summit elevation, in what *island group* will > you find the tallest volcano in the world? Hawaii > 6. And if you go by summit elevation above sea level, then the > tallest volcano in the world is on what *continent*? South America > 10. To the nearest multiple of 5%, and plus or minus 5 percentage > points, what percentage of the world's active and dormant > volcanoes are contained within the Pacific "Ring of Fire"? 65% -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 06 12:12PM -0800 On 11/6/22 09:01, Mark Brader wrote: > in the segregated states of the Deep South, facing racial > discrimination first hand. What was the name of the memoir > Griffin wrote in 1961? Black Like Me > detailed eyewitness accounts of the Great Plague of London, > the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. > Who was this famous diarist? Pepys > 3. Who was the transcendentalist who published a memoir called > "Walden" in 1854, detailing two years he spent, living simply, > in a cabin he built by Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts? Thoreau > focuses on his military career and makes little mention of > his presidency. Who wrote this work, which was published and > was very successfully marketed by Mark Twain? Grant > conversion to Christianity, he became a priest, then later, > the Bishop of Hippo in what is now Algeria. Name this early > Christian author and theologian. Augustine > mot, who wrote the memoir "De Profundis" ("From the Depths") > to his companion Lord Alfred Douglas while serving a 2-year > term in 1895-97 in Reading Gaol for acts of "gross indecency"? Wilde > a close friend and confidante of Jean-Paul Sartre, and her > better-known works include the novels "She Came to Stay" and "The > Mandarins" as well as the feminist treatise "The Second Sex". Simone de Beauvoir > This round is s about the Earth's ultimate hot spots -- volcanoes! > 1. This dark black or grey rock is the most common type of > volcanic rock. Name it. basalt > 2. Naturally occurring volcanic glass was used by many stone-age > cultures as material for arrowheads and spearheads. What is > it called? obsidian > 3. What term is used for airborne particles less than 2 mm in > diameter that are ejected from a volcanic eruption? ash > 4. The summit elevation of what volcano decreased by 400 m > (1,300 feet) when it violently erupted in 1980? Mt St Helens > 5. If you go by the difference between the base elevation (below > sea level) and summit elevation, in what *island group* will > you find the tallest volcano in the world? Hawaii > 6. And if you go by summit elevation above sea level, then the > tallest volcano in the world is on what *continent*? South America > 7. The deadliest volcanic eruption occurred in 1815: the > after-effects caused 1816 to be "the year without a summer". > What was the name of this volcano that erupted in 1815? Tambora > 8. What is rough, highly vesicular, glassy volcanic rock called? pumice > 9. What is the name of a depression that is formed when the ground > subsides or collapses because the underlying magma chamber had > been partially emptied after a volcanic eruption? caldera > 10. To the nearest multiple of 5%, and plus or minus 5 percentage > points, what percentage of the world's active and dormant > volcanoes are contained within the Pacific "Ring of Fire"? 50% -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 06 05:00PM Mark Brader: > see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 5, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Explorers of Canada This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. Who led the first expedition to cross North America by land > north of Mexico, in 1793? His crossing ended at the mouth of > the Bella Coola River on the Pacific coast. Alexander Mackenzie. See <http://data2.archives.ca/ap/c/c003131.jpg>. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 2. At the same time in 1793, this British sea captain was mapping > the Pacific coast. The two explorers missed meeting by only > 48 days. Who was this other explorer who almost met <answer 1>? George Vancouver. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. James Cook did also explore this area -- see question #6 -- but that was in 1778. > he is credited with discovering the Falkland Islands in 1592, > and inventing the double quadrant, a navigational instrument > that can measure solar angles up to 90°. Who was he? John Davis. (Davis Strait, between Greenland and Baffin I.; Davis Inlet, on the Labrador coast.) > 4. Sir John Franklin died trying to sail through the Northwest > Passage, while stuck in the ice aboard the Terror, one of his > two ships. Within a year, in what year did Franklin die? 1847 (accepting 1846-48). Nobody answered within twice the allowed leeway. It wasn't just Franklin who died, but the entire expedition, about 130 men. When it was realized that something had gone wrong, the wealthy and influential Mrs. Franklin arranged for mission after mission to rescue them or at least find out what had happened. But it took more than 10 years before even the location of the disaster was known. The main reason for this, and one reason for the disaster happening in the first place, was that nobody in England realized that there were places in the Arctic where the ice melts in warm summers but not in cooler summers. The expedition had sailed into one of those, expecting to be on the move again in the spring; and the follow-up expeditions, seeing the area frozen, had decided they must not have gone that way. The two ships, which the then-surviving crew members had abandoned in 1848, were found on the seabed in 2014 and 2016. > It was not until 1852 -- 236 years later -- that any other > European ventured farther north in North America. Who was > this man? William Baffin. 4 for Dan Blum. > collected on a series on voyages in the 1760s. His last voyage, > in 1776-79, in part involved exploring the coast of BC. Who was > this British explorer? James Cook. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > the first full-sized sailing ship to ply the waters of the upper > Great Lakes. The vessel was launched from the upper part of > the Niagara River in 1679. Who was he? René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. (Cavelier or La Salle was sufficient.) > a sample to the York Factory trading center on Hudson Bay. > But who led the first European expedition through the Athabasca > Oil Sands area, in 1778? Peter Pond. > 9. Who led the first successful expedition to sail through the > Northwest Passage, in 1903-06? Roald Amundsen. > He was also the first to travel the length of the Columbia River. > Simon Fraser, who was a close friend, named the largest tributary > of the Fraser River after him. Who was he? David Thompson. 4 for Dan Tilque. > | Miller Park | Wrigley Field > | Minute Maid Park | Yankee Stadium > 1. Tampa Bay Rays. Tropicana Field. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Kansas City Royals. Kauffman Stadium. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 3. Atlanta Braves. 2013 answer: Turner Field. 2022 answer: moved to Truist Park. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Chicago Cubs. Wrigley Field. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Cincinnati Reds. Great American Ball Park. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 6. St. Louis Cardinals. Busch Stadium. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Boston Red Sox. Fenway Park. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Minnesota Twins. Target Field. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 9. Colorado Rockies. Coors Field. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 10. New York Mets. Citi Field. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. As for the others, these are still used by the same teams as in 2013: Angel Stadium Los Angeles Angels* Chase Field Arizona Diamondbacks Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia Phillies Comerica Park Detroit Tigers Dodger Stadium Los Angeles Dodgers* Minute Maid Park Houston Astros Nationals Park Washington Nationals* Oriole Park Baltimore Orioles* PNC Park Pittsburgh Pirates Petco Park San Diego Padres Progressive Field Cleveland Indians (now renamed the Guardians) Rogers Centre Toronto Blue Jays** Yankee Stadium New York Yankees* These are still used by the same teams, but the stadiums themselves have been renamed for new corporate sponsors: AT&T Park (now Oracle Park) San Francisco Giants Marlins Park (now LoanDepot Park) Miami Marlins* Miller Park (now American Family Field) Milwaukee Brewers O.co Coliseum (now RingCentral Coliseum***) Oakland Athletics Safeco Field (now T-Mobile Park) Seattle Mariners US Cellular Field (now Guaranteed Rate Field) Chicago White Sox *Duh! **In case you forgot the question. ***Also sometimes called by its old name, Oakland Coliseum. And that leaves Rangers Ballpark, from which the Texas Rangers* have moved to Globe Life Field. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo Can Spo Joshua Kreitzer 35 16 0 36 87 Dan Blum 24 12 8 25 69 Dan Tilque 8 16 16 20 60 Pete Gayde -- -- 2 40 42 Erland Sommarskog 0 35 4 0 39 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "My pasta, what stop does it close down to?" msb@vex.net | --Lee Ayrton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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