| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 04:22AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24, 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 6, Round 9 - Arts and Literature - Sculpture and Sculptors In all cases, give the name of the sculptor. 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/01.jpg Pope Julius II commissioned this artist to build this sculpture for his tomb in 1505. The work depicts Moses with horns on his head. 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/02.jpg This American artist specialized in depictions of the late-19th-century American West, evoking romantic images of cowboys and natives. 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/03.jpg This Romanian-born sculptor has been called the patriarch of modern sculpture. This 1908 work is unsurprisingly titled "The Kiss". 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/04.jpg Adapting the classical grandeur of Renaissance sculpture and the dynamic energy of the Mannerist period, this 17th-century Italian genius forged a new conception for religious and historical sculpture. This sculpture of Apollo and Daphne is in Rome's Borghese Gallery, along with several other masterworks. 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/05.jpg The elongated, very thin figures of this 20th-century surrealist artist represented his view of the human form. A friend once said that if he decided to sculpt you, "he would make your head look like the blade of a knife". 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/06.jpg This sculpture stood on the grounds of Expo 67 in Montreal. Its American creator is also famous for his mobiles. 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/07.jpg This American artist is famous for his life-size plaster-cast figures that are usually placed in tableaux from everyday life. He shares his name with a Hollywood actor. 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/08.jpg This monumental depiction of "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii" welcomes travelers at Vancouver International airport. The artist developed his interest in Haida art while working as a CBC announcer in Toronto during the 1940s. 9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/09.jpg This French artist is famous for his portrayals of ballet dancers. When this now much-loved work was shown in Paris in 1881, critics said the 14-year-old dancer's face was "marked by the hateful promise of every vice". 10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/10.jpg This British sculptor has done several series of reclining figures whose undulating forms may derive from the landscape of his birthplace in Yorkshire. The world's largest collection of his work is in Toronto. There were 2 decoys on the original handout. Identify the sculptors if you like for fun, but for no points. 11. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/11.jpg 12. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-9/sculpt/12.jpg ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round - All in the Family We didn't have trivia last week because it was Family Day. So, to make up for our absence...: A. Science - Family Belongings B. Entertainment - Families Drawn Together C. Sports - Families that Play Together D. Literature - Fiction between Family Members E. Geography - Family Speech F. History - Family Rules * A. Family Belongings A1. Which family of subatomic particles has members named bottom, up, and strange? A2. Geologists classify rocks into three large families or types: igneous, metamorphic, and what? * B. Families Drawn Together B1. In the movie "South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut", the fictional American-Canadian War starts when our air force bombs the residence of two real-life American acting families, wiping them out. Give *either* family name. B2. Who is the creator """and voice""" of Peter Griffin and Stan Smith, two of TV's most obnoxious cartoon fathers? * C. Families that Play Together Or play the same sport, at least. C1. These """are the only""" father and son in the NHL to *both* have their numbers retired. Give their family name. C2. The "30-30 club" consists of baseball players who have hit 30 home runs and stolen 30 bases in the same season. There """are only two""" players who have each achieved this feat in 5 different seasons -- and, remarkably, they also happen to be father and son. Give their family name. * D. Fiction between Family Members D1. In "Pride and Prejudice", the patriarch of this family starts the novel with 5 unmarried daughters. By the end of the novel, three are married, including, of course, Elizabeth, who ends up with the initially aloof Mr. Darcy. Give their family name. (No, not Darcy, the other one.) D2. They're one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms -- and the principal house of the Westerlands -- in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels, made famous on TV as "Game of Thrones". Give their family name. * E. Family Speech E1. Though surrounded by members of the Indo-European language family, this language is unrelated to them, and is considered to be the last surviving pre-Indo-European language in Western Europe. What language? E2. The word "Aryan", which the Nazis appropriated to refer to their vision of a northern European, pure white "race", actually has its roots in the description traditionally used by the peoples of Northern India and Iran to identify themselves and their languages. But the word "Aryan" itself is a loan-word taken from which language, still in limited use, considered one of the earliest members of the entire Indo-European language family? * F. Family Rules F1. Members of this dynastic family, sometimes termed the "House of France", ruled France directly from 987 to 1328, and gave rise to the later royal houses of Bourbon and Orleans, which are considered a part of this overall dynasty. Name the dynasty. F2. Name the family dynasty that ruled Japan as shoguns from 1603 until 1867, when the last shogun resigned, with power soon returning to the Emperor in the Meiji Restoration. -- Mark Brader "It's okay for us to love our country, Toronto but we ought to spend most of our time msb@vex.net making our country lovable." -- Andy Rooney My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 04:21AM Mark Brader: > the same surname was *either* president or vice-president (VP), > then you must be sufficiently specific. > 1. Who was the first US VP? John Adams. "John" or "J." was required. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 2. <answer 1> then became president, but when he ran for reelection, > he was defeated by the man who had been *his* VP. Who was that? Thomas Jefferson. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > Madison, pioneered the technique of contriving the boundaries > of electoral districts so as to benefit one party. What is > the name of his eponymous ploy? Gerrymandering [now pronounced with a soft G]. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. The term originates with this 1812 cartoon: http://pic.caixin.com/blog/Mon_1211/m_1352260334_zCeArt.jpg which shows the towns in one part of Massachusetts -- and all the dark ones form a single district, being likened to a salamander of the mythical kind. Sadly, the practice of gerrymandering still goes on in many US states. Here is a 1992 example from North Carolina: http://web.archive.org/web/20180104013915/https://www.senate.mn/departments/scr/graphics/NCCD12.GIF > 4. What Texas city is allegedly named after the 11th VP? Dallas. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. The city was founded in 1841 and George Dallas wasn't VP until 1845-49, under President Polk; but he was already well known, having previously been a mayor and a senator. A number of his family members and other people named Dallas have also been suggested as the city's eponym. > 5. Upon succeeding to the presidency following the assassination > of William McKinley, which VP became the youngest president at > the age of 42? Theodore Roosevelt. "Theodore" or "Teddy" or "T." was required. 4 for everyone. > 6. Herbert Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was the first person > with significant non-white ancestry to rise to that office: > which non-whites was he descended from? Native Americans. As this was sufficient I accepted any reference to a specific tribe also. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Erland. His mother's ancestors included Kaw [aka Kansa], and apparently also Osage and Potowatomi, although sources differ as to the details. He spoke Kansa and French before he spoke English. > 7. Taking office at the age of 40, who was the youngest VP of the > """last 150 years"""? Richard Nixon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen. He was the second-youngest ever: John C. Breckenridge became James Buchanan's VP in 1857 at age 36. The next-youngest was Dan Quayle, VP to George H.W. Bush starting in 1989 at age 41. (All still true. Kamala Harris, by the way, was 56 when she became VP.) > 8. """Two""" VPs have resigned from office. Name *either one*. John Calhoun (1832), Spiro Agnew (1973). (Still true.) 4 for everyone. In the original game, only Agnew was expected. > 9. Which president did Nelson Rockefeller serve as VP? Gerald Ford. 4 for everyone. > 10. Who is the only person in the """last 150 years""" to be > elected president while serving as VP? George H.W. Bush, elected 1992. "Herbert" or "H." or "Sr." was required. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Erland. Adams did it in 1796 and Jefferson, as noted above, in 1800; and so far the only other one since then has been Martin Van Buren in 1836. > * Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - When it's on the Internet, > it's Everybody's Business! > A round on Internet businesses. This was the easiest round in the original game. > that Facebook was paying 1/10 of its entire value for smartphone > instant-messaging service WhatsApp. In US dollars to the > nearest whole billion, how much is Facebook paying for WhatsApp? Accepting $16,000,000,000 or $19,000,000,000 (the payment included $3,000,000,000 in restricted stock, which some news stories counted and some didn't). 4 for Stephen. In 2014 everybody guessed low, by margins varying from $1,000,000,000 to $15,999,999,996. Answers in 2023 included $123 and $2! > a $44,600,000,000 offer from Microsoft -- much to the chagrin > of its shareholders, since the company """has never again""" > been worth as much. What company? Yahoo!. (I have not attempted to trace its stock price history since 2014.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Erland, and Pete. > much for being the highest-profile bust of the 2000 dot-com > bubble as it is for its sock-puppet advertising campaign mascot. > Name it. Pets.com. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > community, organized around virtual versions of real > neighborhoods and regions, it was the 3rd-most-popular site on > the Web. It is """now""" defunct everywhere but in Japan. Geocities. (Now defunct everywhere.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete. > in what turned out be such a disastrous deal: it destroyed over > $200,000,000,000 in shareholder value, before AOL was eventually > spun off again in 2009. What company? Time Warner. I did not accept "Times Warner" since Times is the name of several other news media than Time. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 6. In 1998, AOL paid $4,200,000,000 for *which* early fixture > of the World Wide Web in a bid to free itself of the tyranny > of Microsoft's Internet Explorer? Netscape. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, and Pete. > 7. Google bought *which* once-leading mobile phone maker in > 2011, only to sell it to Lenovo in January 2014 -- for about > $10,000,000,000 less? Motorola. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, and Pete. > site in 2005 for $580,000,000, but due to bad corporate decisions > regarding the site and competition from Facebook, sold it just > 6 years later for a mere $35,000,000. What site? Myspace. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > had recently turned down a $3,000,000,000 offer from Facebook, > and possibly a $4,000,000,000 offer from Google as well. > What app? Snapchat. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, and Pete. > though, the site earns billions for Google and is said to be > the 3rd-most-visited site on the web""", after Facebook and > Google itself. Name it. YouTube (now 2nd-most-visited after Google). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 5 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Ent Aud Can His Mis FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 20 15 40 28 132 Dan Blum 36 28 16 7 36 28 128 Dan Tilque 36 8 4 20 36 12 104 Pete Gayde 14 12 36 3 16 28 94 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 16 7 28 24 92 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 80 John Gerson 24 0 -- -- -- -- 24 -- Mark Brader | "But... soon enough he'd be a master writer, Toronto | licensed to... smoke cigarettes in public." msb@vex.net | --Fritz Leiber, "The Silver Eggheads" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to rec.games.trivia+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. |
No comments:
Post a Comment