- QFTCIBSI23 Current Events Game 9 and Final - 3 Updates
- QFTCIBSI23 Game 6, Rounds 2-3: borders, -ologies - 3 Updates
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 27 09:15PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 11:09:35 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > and she disqualified 15 pancakes. However, they made more > than enough to beat the previous record of 14,208. Within 250, > what is the new world record? 15,000; 15,501 > representing 160,000 actors and performers, would officially be > on strike at midnight PST. What fine actress is the SAG-AFTRA > president? Drescher > It's a key ingredient in many dishes, including butter chicken > and paneer makhni, and McDonald's has temporarily stopped > serving it as a burger topping. What is it? rice > 7. Nothing sad about the news that Hillary Simms, from Torbay, NL, > has been appointed as a professor at Juilliard, and its first > female professor of her chosen brass instrument -- which is what? trombone > 10. Last week, Lithuania was the host country for the 2023 NATO > Summit, held in its capital -- which is what city? Vilnius > to people planning to watch them back-to-back... and of course > there are memes and a portmanteau word for this double-feature > extravaganza. What is the portmanteau? Barbenheimer > Atlantic Canada. What two-word name, in English, is used by > some Indigenous peoples -- such as many Algonquian and Iroquoian > speakers -- to refer to the continent of North America? Turtle Island > Germanotta and a recently-deceased man born with the name > Anthony Benedetto. By what better-known names are these two > people credited on these albums? Two answers required. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett > BRICS summit in place of President Vladimir Putin. Why was > Putin's attendance at the summit a problem for the South > African government? the ongoing invasion of Ukraine (?) > 6. On Friday, four men were arrested after a video surfaced of a > mob assaulting two naked women in which troubled Indian state? Punjab (?) > 8. Following a 17-month investigation into workplace harassment, > the NFL levied a record $60,000,000 (US) fine against which > former owner of the Washington Redskins -- er, Commanders? Snyder > accusations that it called for racist violence. It didn't help > that the video was filmed on the site of a 1927 lynching and > a 1946 race riot. Name the artist, who denies any racist intent. Aldean > 200 Albums chart. While she is the first woman to dominate > that many spots at once, two other acts have achieved this > feat before. Name *either* of them. Prince -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 28 01:13AM -0700 On 7/26/23 21:09, Mark Brader wrote: > representing 160,000 actors and performers, would officially be > on strike at midnight PST. What fine actress is the SAG-AFTRA > president? Fran Drescher > U of T professor, and air contaminants researcher, Matthew > Adams also said that in Dundas or on the West Mountain it's "not > quite as bad -- maybe 1/3 of a cigarette or 1/2 a cigarette". Toronto > 5. On Saturday, Markéta Vondrousová won the Ladies' Singles > Wimbledon championship, and set a first in doing so. What makes > her victory unique in the Open Era? Be sufficiently specific. first unseeded woman singles > It's a key ingredient in many dishes, including butter chicken > and paneer makhni, and McDonald's has temporarily stopped > serving it as a burger topping. What is it? rice > 7. Nothing sad about the news that Hillary Simms, from Torbay, NL, > has been appointed as a professor at Juilliard, and its first > female professor of her chosen brass instrument -- which is what? trombone > start in the 1950s. What was considered our current epoch > is the Holocene, which started at the end of the last ice age > 11,700 years ago. What is the name of new epoch? Anthropocene > 10. Last week, Lithuania was the host country for the 2023 NATO > Summit, held in its capital -- which is what city? Vilnius > to people planning to watch them back-to-back... and of course > there are memes and a portmanteau word for this double-feature > extravaganza. What is the portmanteau? Barbenheimer > BRICS summit in place of President Vladimir Putin. Why was > Putin's attendance at the summit a problem for the South > African government? There's an international arrest warrant for Putin > 200 Albums chart. While she is the first woman to dominate > that many spots at once, two other acts have achieved this > feat before. Name *either* of them. The Beatles -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 28 11:25AM +0200 > and she disqualified 15 pancakes. However, they made more > than enough to beat the previous record of 14,208. Within 250, > what is the new world record? 16350 > 5. On Saturday, Markéta Vondrousová won the Ladies' Singles > Wimbledon championship, and set a first in doing so. What makes > her victory unique in the Open Era? Be sufficiently specific. She was the first unseeded female player to win the tournament > 7. Nothing sad about the news that Hillary Simms, from Torbay, NL, > has been appointed as a professor at Juilliard, and its first > female professor of her chosen brass instrument -- which is what? Trombone > start in the 1950s. What was considered our current epoch > is the Holocene, which started at the end of the last ice age > 11,700 years ago. What is the name of new epoch? Antropocene > 10. Last week, Lithuania was the host country for the 2023 NATO > Summit, held in its capital -- which is what city? Vilnius > to people planning to watch them back-to-back... and of course > there are memes and a portmanteau word for this double-feature > extravaganza. What is the portmanteau? Barbenheimer > BRICS summit in place of President Vladimir Putin. Why was > Putin's attendance at the summit a problem for the South > African government? They would have to arrest him in accordance with their obligations to the ICC. > 6. On Friday, four men were arrested after a video surfaced of a > mob assaulting two naked women in which troubled Indian state? Manipur > team started the group stage with a 0-0 draw against Nigeria's > Super Falcons. Name *either* of the other two teams who share > Group B. Australia and Ireland > 200 Albums chart. While she is the first woman to dominate > that many spots at once, two other acts have achieved this > feat before. Name *either* of them. The Rolling Stones |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 27 09:23PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 11:07:48 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > (bridges do not count!) with a certain country, and you must name > that certain country. > 1. Senegal. Gambia > 2. Malaysia. Brunei > 3. Saudi Arabia. Qatar > 4. Denmark and the USA. Canada > 5. South Africa. Lesotho > 6. Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein > 7. Guyana, Brazil, and France. Suriname > 8. France and Spain. Andorra > 9. China and India. There are two possible answers. For greater > clarity, each answer country borders China and India and no > other countries. Nepal; Bhutan > 10. Indonesia. There are two possible answers. Timor-Leste; Papua New Guinea > it's the study of, and you give us the -ology. For example, > if we said "animals", you'd answer "zoology". > 1. Fish. ichthyology > 2. Butterflies and moths. lepidopterology > 3. Movement in relation to human anatomy (a branch of medicine). kinesiology > 4. Puzzles. enigmatology > 5. Wine and winemaking. oenology > 6. Old age. gerontology > 7. Flags. vexillology > 8. The moon. selenology > 9. Reptiles and amphibians. herpetology > 10. Fungi. mycology -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 28 01:40AM -0700 On 7/26/23 21:07, Mark Brader wrote: > (bridges do not count!) with a certain country, and you must name > that certain country. > 1. Senegal. The Gambia > 2. Malaysia. Brunei > 3. Saudi Arabia. Qatar > 4. Denmark and the USA. Canada > 5. South Africa. Lesotho > 6. Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein > 7. Guyana, Brazil, and France. Suriname > 8. France and Spain. Andorra > 9. China and India. There are two possible answers. For greater > clarity, each answer country borders China and India and no > other countries. Nepal and Bhutan > 10. Indonesia. There are two possible answers. Papua New Guinea and East Timor > it's the study of, and you give us the -ology. For example, > if we said "animals", you'd answer "zoology". > 1. Fish. ichthyology > 3. Movement in relation to human anatomy (a branch of medicine). > 4. Puzzles. > 5. Wine and winemaking. oenology > 6. Old age. geriology > 7. Flags. vexillology > 8. The moon. Selenology > 9. Reptiles and amphibians. herpetology > 10. Fungi. mycology -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 28 11:14AM +0200 > (bridges do not count!) with a certain country, and you must name > that certain country. > 1. Senegal. Gambia > 2. Malaysia. Brunei > 3. Saudi Arabia. Qatar (I recall a discussion we had long ago, where we found maps where Qatar was bordering to only Saudi-Arabia, only UAE and both. The situation may have stabilised since then.) > 4. Denmark and the USA. Canada > 5. South Africa. Leshoto > 6. Austria and Switzerland. Lichtenstein > 7. Guyana, Brazil, and France. Suriname > 8. France and Spain. Andorra > 9. China and India. There are two possible answers. For greater > clarity, each answer country borders China and India and no > other countries. Nepal and Bhutan > 10. Indonesia. There are two possible answers. Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste > * Game 6, Round 3 - Science - Study-ology! > 3. Movement in relation to human anatomy (a branch of medicine). Physiology > 6. Old age. Gerontology |
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