| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 02 05:58PM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-03-10, 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 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating 1. A small flag, typically triangular, flown from the mast or from the deck of a powerboat to indicate yacht club membership is called what? 2. A short rope used for fastening something or securing rigging, or a cord worn around the neck for carrying something (such as a whistle) is called what? 3. What is the term for a rope or line used to raise a sail or a spar? 4. Give the name for a large winch with a vertical axis, often crank-operated, most often used to wind in anchors. 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called? 6. What is the name given to a special type of sail flown from the bow of a sailboat when sailing downwind? It fills with air similarly to a parachute, and is also often called a kite or a chute. 7. This type of boat (either outboard or stern drive and typically 16-24 feet [5-7.5 m]) has U- or V-shaped bench-type seating in front of the operator. It usually has a walk-through to the bow via a hinged section of windshield. What is it called? 8. Usually a high-powered outboard, this V-hulled, low-freeboard style of boat has a flat deck (except for where the operator sits) for fishermen to walk on, with built-in wells to keep bait and live fish. What is the name given to this popular style of boat? 9. Which term describes a boat which, when speed increases, rises above the water supported by winglike blades in the water, greatly increasing efficiency? The inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, experimented with this type of boat and a craft of his design held the world marine speed record for 10 years. 10. Stern drive, also called inboard/outboard drive, for power boats was introduced commercially at the New York Power Boat Show in what year? Answer within 3 years. * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries In each case, name the country. """All are landlocked""". 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. 2. It """is""" bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia. 3. Two countries """are""" each bordered only by China and India. Name *either*. 4. It """is""" bordered by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 5. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with the previous question. Hmorxvfgna """vf""" bar bs bayl gjb "qbhoyl ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf", gung vf, pbhagevrf gung ner fheebhaqrq rkpyhfviryl ol bgure ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf. Juvpu Rhebcrna pbhagel vf gur bgure bar? 6. The """newest""" landlocked country is this African country that gained its independence only in 2011. 7. This African country """is""" the most populous of the world's landlocked nations, with """86,000,000""" inhabitants. 8. The largest landlocked country by area """is""" the 9th-largest of all countries. It straddles Central Asia and Eastern Europe. 9. The world's smallest landlocked country """is""" Vatican City. What """is""" the next-smallest? 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured by per capita gross national income? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I'm not entirely convinced 115 is prime." msb@vex.net | --Patrick Hamlyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 02 08:36PM +0200 > * Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called? Knot > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries > In each case, name the country. """All are landlocked""". > 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. Bolivia But, ah, it wasn't, and they still not have come over it. > 2. It """is""" bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia. North Macedonia > 3. Two countries """are""" each bordered only by China and India. > Name *either*. Nepal and Bhutan > 4. It """is""" bordered by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, > Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf", gung vf, pbhagevrf gung ner fheebhaqrq > rkpyhfviryl ol bgure ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf. Juvpu Rhebcrna > pbhagel vf gur bgure bar? Liechtenstein > 6. The """newest""" landlocked country is this African country that > gained its independence only in 2011. South Sudan > 7. This African country """is""" the most populous of the world's > landlocked nations, with """86,000,000""" inhabitants. Ethiopia It had a coast not too long ago, but they seem to have come over it. > 8. The largest landlocked country by area """is""" the 9th-largest of > all countries. It straddles Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan > 9. The world's smallest landlocked country """is""" Vatican City. > What """is""" the next-smallest? San Marino > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured > by per capita gross national income? Luxemburg |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 02 10:44PM > 1. A small flag, typically triangular, flown from the mast or > from the deck of a powerboat to indicate yacht club membership > is called what? pennant > 3. What is the term for a rope or line used to raise a sail or > a spar? sheet > 4. Give the name for a large winch with a vertical axis, often > crank-operated, most often used to wind in anchors. windlass > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called? knot > the bow of a sailboat when sailing downwind? It fills with > air similarly to a parachute, and is also often called a kite > or a chute. spinnaker > greatly increasing efficiency? The inventor, Alexander Graham > Bell, experimented with this type of boat and a craft of his > design held the world marine speed record for 10 years. catamaran > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries > 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. Bolivia > 2. It """is""" bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia. North Macedonia > 3. Two countries """are""" each bordered only by China and India. > Name *either*. Nepal > 4. It """is""" bordered by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, > Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf", gung vf, pbhagevrf gung ner fheebhaqrq > rkpyhfviryl ol bgure ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf. Juvpu Rhebcrna > pbhagel vf gur bgure bar? Liechtenstein > 6. The """newest""" landlocked country is this African country that > gained its independence only in 2011. South Sudan > 7. This African country """is""" the most populous of the world's > landlocked nations, with """86,000,000""" inhabitants. Ethiopia > 8. The largest landlocked country by area """is""" the 9th-largest of > all countries. It straddles Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan > 9. The world's smallest landlocked country """is""" Vatican City. > What """is""" the next-smallest? Andorra; Liechtenstein > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured > by per capita gross national income? Liechtenstein -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: May 02 08:39PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:58:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - Boating > 5. What is the speed of 1 nautical mile per hour called? 1 knot > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Landlocked Countries > In each case, name the country. """All are landlocked""". > 1. It """is""" bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. Bolivia > 2. It """is""" bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia. North Macedonia > 3. Two countries """are""" each bordered only by China and India. > Name *either*. Nepal > 4. It """is""" bordered by Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, > Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Uzbekistan > ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf", gung vf, pbhagevrf gung ner fheebhaqrq > rkpyhfviryl ol bgure ynaqybpxrq pbhagevrf. Juvpu Rhebcrna > pbhagel vf gur bgure bar? Liechtenstein > 6. The """newest""" landlocked country is this African country that > gained its independence only in 2011. South Sudan > 7. This African country """is""" the most populous of the world's > landlocked nations, with """86,000,000""" inhabitants. Ethiopia > 8. The largest landlocked country by area """is""" the 9th-largest of > all countries. It straddles Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan > 9. The world's smallest landlocked country """is""" Vatican City. > What """is""" the next-smallest? San Marino > 10. What """is""" the world's wealthiest landlocked nation, as measured > by per capita gross national income? Luxembourg -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 02 05:55PM Mark Brader: > Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. The Vancouver Canucks traded Roberto Luongo to which team > last week? Florida Panthers. > 2. On Wednesday the World Health Organization advised people to > limit their consumption of *what* to no more than 10% of their > daily calorie intake? Sugar. Dan Tilque got this. > * Game 8, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movie Remakes > In each case, the original movie and its remake or remakes have > the same title (in English), and you just have to name that title. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. In the original movie, Sven-Bertil Taube plays the role of the > Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger. In the Hollywood remake, > Christopher Plummer plays Vanger. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > remade in 1991; Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, and Martin Balsam, > who all starred in the original version, had cameo roles in > the remake. "Cape Fear". 4 for Joshua and Pete. > Tarkovsky was considered Russia's answer to "2001: A Space > Odyssey". A remake of the movie in 2002 starred George Clooney > and Natascha McElhone. "Solaris". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > made in 1973. One version starred Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, > and Ralph Richardson; the other starred Jane Fonda, Edward Fox, > and Trevor Howard. "A Doll's House". 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. > Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, and Jan Sterling. A more > famous version, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, was > later released in the year the story actually takes place. "Nineteen Eighty-Four". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. If I'd written the question, I would've said "was released in 1984" for the remake. I think it's harder that way. > 6. Simon Wells directed this movie in 2002, based on a novel his > great-grandfather wrote. In the original 1960 version of the > movie, Yvette Mimieux played an eloi. "The Time Machine". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 7. Name the 1966 movie where Paul Scofield plays Sir Thomas More. > In the 1988 remake, Charlton Heston plays More. "A Man for All Seasons". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > In the 1976 version Jessica Lange played the love interest of > the title character; in the 2005 version Naomi Watts played > the corresponding role. "King Kong". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 9. In the 1953 version John Gielgud plays Cassius. In the 1970 > version he plays the title role and Richard Johnson plays > Cassius. "Julius Caesar". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 1939, 1953, 1970, 1992, and 2011 -- respectively starring Merle > Oberon, Irasema Dilian, Anna Calder Marshall, Juliette Binoche, > and Kaya Scodelario as Catherine Linton. "Wuthering Heights". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > photo number, so the 2 decoys are interspersed with the rest. > Their correct answers are also on the list. Answer the decoys if > you like for fun, but for no points. The Cellar Rats tried to save some money in the original game by printing only one copy per game of the handout in color; the other players had to try to identify flowers from a black-and-white version! For some of the photos it was hard to even see the flowers. > 1. Name it. Crocus. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. Name it. Primula. > 3. Name it. Allium. 3 for Pete. > 4. Name it. Forget-Me-Not. 4 for Dan Blum. > 5. Name it. Narcissus. 4 for Erland. > 6. (decoy) Delphinium. > 7. Name it. Foxglove. 4 for Erland and Pete. > 8. (decoy) Hyacinth. Erland got this. > 9. Name it. Nasturtium. > 10. Name it. Hibiscus. 4 for Pete. I used to like what Hawaiian Air, as it then was, did with a hibiscus to make their logo. In later versions starting in 2001, though, the expression strikes me as rather grim. See: http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/596f8db41a00003600dbf96c.png And the 2017 version is no better: http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/596f8cfe15000029008b2972.jpg > 11. Name it. Clematis. 4 for Pete. > 12. Name it. Salvia. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Sci Pete Gayde 24 19 43 Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 40 Dan Blum 28 8 36 Dan Tilque 24 0 24 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12 -- Mark Brader | "A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why Toronto | my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county msb@vex.net | and it comes every two and a half minutes" -- John Rowland My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 02 08:30PM +0200 >> Odyssey". A remake of the movie in 2002 starred George Clooney >> and Natascha McElhone. > "Solaris". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. Didn't I get this one? Oh, I see now that I placed the answer under the wrong question. Drat. |
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