| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 27 04:36AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are""" 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event. For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the sport of skating. Answers may repeat. 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have""" both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's as before? 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country skiing. What's it called? 3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag? 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities, each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they? Name either city. 5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold, 2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds""" the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who? 6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in 1992 and 2 golds in 1994? 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal. 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic lists and totals. Why? 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey, and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*: in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events on the last day, but if only men's events are considered, the description is still true. 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event? *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day. * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the person described. 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby Fischer in a match in 1972. 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen career. 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work. He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google. 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed -- by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River. (Or at least, that's one version of the events.) 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in his experiments. 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and for his romances with numerous ballerinas. 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, when he was shunted aside. 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name? 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If you want a 20th century solution, the msb@vex.net | obvious answer is helicopters!" -- Bob Scheurle My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 26 09:49PM -0700 On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 11:36:40 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have""" > both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's > as before? ski jumping > 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be > contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country > skiing. What's it called? Nordic combined > records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities, > each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they? > Name either city. Torino; Vancouver > 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the > Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic > lists and totals. Why? it was won at the Summer Olympics > in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events > on the last day, but if only men's events are considered, > the description is still true. curling > 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest > ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event? > *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day. 50 km > person described. > 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby > Fischer in a match in 1972. Spassky > 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of > Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen > career. Brynner > 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the > age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google. Brin > charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed -- > by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River. > (Or at least, that's one version of the events.) Rasputin > work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won > the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in > his experiments. Pavlov > choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet > company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and > for his romances with numerous ballerinas. Balanchine > 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban > missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev > in 1985, when he was shunted aside. Gromyko > 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this > youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered > by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name? Anastasia > people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also > named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker > Sergei Eisenstein. Potemkin -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 27 04:33AM Mark Brader: > 1. Battling mass unrest against his rule, Ukraine's president faced > demands from the opposition this week for a constitutional > change that would seriously curtail his powers. Who is he? Viktor Yanukovych. Erland got this. It was less than 2 weeks after the original game that the Ukrainian legislature voted 328-0 to remove him from office. Putin's government in Russia supported him and went to war against Ukraine. > 2. The US Federal Reserve made a historic appointment this week > when it named a female chair. What is her name? Janet Yellen. Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland got this. > book-burnings in the English cities of Bolton and Bradford, > and firebombings of 5 British and 2 California bookstores. > What novel? "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > so in 1536 he too was publicly burned. What was it about > his version of the Bible that was so horrible it led to both > punishments? It was in English. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records, > particularly as part of an attempt to give the impression > that something never happened. What's the term? Memory hole. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > because of) such activities, the book ended up being ranked the > second-best-selling book in Canada for the second half of 1959. > Name it. "Lady Chatterley's Lover", by D.H. Lawrence, originally published in 1928. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 5. This man, who should be near and dear to our hearts (though Because, as you know from Robert J. Sawyer's 1990 novel "Golden Fleece", one of the Canadian Inquisition's two divisions is named after him (and still will be in 2177). > not for any reason described here), promoted the burning of > non-Catholic literature, especially the Jewish Talmud and Arabic > books, after the final defeat of the Moors at Granada in 1492. Tomas Torquemada, the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > profession charged with burning the possessions of anyone caught > possessing books. What name, which would undoubtedly appear > ironic to the reader, was used for this profession in the book? Fireman. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 7. The night of 1933-05-10 has gone down as one of the most > ominous mass book-burnings of all time. Upward of 25,000 > volumes were burned. Who was behind these book-burnings? Specifically it was the German Students Union, but any reference to the Nazi regime was acceptable. 4 for everyone. > But anyway, in 2003, which musical group's records were burned > after they declared that they were "ashamed that the President > of the United States is from Texas"? The Dixie Chicks. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > in an attempt to destroy the purported hidden messages in > "Satan's records". What technique did the minister claim was > being used to hide these messages? They were recorded backwards ("backward masking"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. This claim made by John Lennon led to public burnings of > Beatles records and memorabilia in August 1966. What was > Lennon's controversial statement? "We're more popular than Jesus." (I accepted "bigger" as having that meaning.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 3 for Pete. > accepted. > 1. Name the concrete strip poured below a foundation wall to > increase the area of load-bearing soil for the wall. A footing. > 2. A wood member is bolted to the top of a foundation wall to > provide bearing and connection for a wood-frame floor or a wall. > What is this member called? Sill (plate). 4 for Pete. > 3. Name the vertical structural members in a wood frame wall. > They are usually 2Ũ4's or 2Ũ6's (38Ũ89 or 38Ũ140 mm). Studs. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 4. Name the horizontal structural members usually spaced at > 16" or 24" (400 or 600 mm) on centers. Joists. > 5. Name the sloping wood members which make up a roof structure. Rafters. > 6. Any openings in stud walls require supports for the part of > the wall above them, and loads transmitted through it. What > are these supports called? Lintels or headers. > 7. In contemporary suburban homes, roofs are often made up of a > number of smaller sections. Usually prefabricated and often > in a W configuration, these assemblies are called what? Roof trusses. > wood-stud wall with a single wythe of masonry 3―" (90 mm) > thick tied to it, then a 1" (25 mm) air space. What is this > type of wall called? Masonry (or brick) veneer. > 9. On the exterior side of an exterior wood-stud wall or roof is > a layer of plywood or some similar manufactured wood product > such as oriented strand board. What is this layer called? Sheathing. 4 for Pete. > 6-mil (0.15 mm) polyethylene -- is installed between the > interior finish and the studs, providing an air seal. What is > this layer called? Vapor barrier. I accepted "moisture barrier". 4 for Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Can Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 40 Dan Tilque 32 4 36 Pete Gayde 19 12 31 Dan Blum 24 4 28 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 16 -- Mark Brader | "Reality aside, we would like to deploy a methodology msb@vex.net | for how Rooter might behave in theory." Toronto | -- scigen.pl (Stribling, Krohn, and Aguayo) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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