| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 06:48AM Mark Brader: > 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction", > this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which > pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974? Tommy John. 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua. "Jeopardy!" asked about this surgery 2 weeks before the original game, in a category on surgical operations. Their version was: "Joba Chamberlain used the scar from the elbow surgery named for this fellow pitcher as part of a smiley face tattoo". This was a Daily Double rated at $1,200, and the player it went to, the returning champion, was a doctor. He bet $12,000, but had no guess, and went on to lose the game. > 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said > to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are > too mediocre to play in the major leagues? Mendoza Line. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's > revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced > the previous straddle and scissors jumps. Dick Fosbury. (The Fosbury Flop.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the > only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff. > Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen? Axel. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua. > the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back > outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from > which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics? Ulrich Salchow. 4 for Stephen. There were no separate Winter Olympics in 1908, but a few winter events were held months after the main part of the games. > player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game. > It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat" > only twice in his long career? Gordie Howe. 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Joshua. > 7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall > after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before > starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer? Michael Phelps. > Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man > in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in > Deadwood, SD, in 1876? James "Wild Bill" Hickok. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 3. Bb5 > -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it > in 1561? Ruy Lopez. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen. "Giuoco piano" is just Italian for "quiet game", not someone's name. > 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player > consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind > his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away? Johann Cruyff. 4 for Erland and Stephen. > To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>". > 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional > one that performed it in a 1983 movie. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Eddie and the Cruisers (from the movie of that title). 4 for Joshua (the hard way). > 2. "Kiss". Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You". Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 4. "Peek-a-Boo". Siouxsie and the Banshees. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 5. "Wooly Bully". Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 6. "96 Tears". ? and the Mysterians. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 7. "The Valley Road". Bruce Hornsby and the Range. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 8. "Good Vibrations". Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World". Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 4 for Stephen. > 10. "Echo Beach". Martha and the Muffins. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > with either B, S, or I*. > 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard > temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen? Bromine. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua. Iodine is solid at STP, and doesn't melt until it reaches about 113°C. > 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into > a gas? It is the reverse of deposition. Sublimation. 4 for everyone. "Sublimation" is also another name for deposition. > 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and > "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom, > often caused by viral or bacterial infection? Inflammation. 4 for everyone. > of species described by what adjective, indicating that their > overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced > to new environments? Invasive. 4 for everyone. > have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their > half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of > these particles that imparts mass to all other particles. Boson. 4 for everyone. > 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi > is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names > a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition. Erwin Schrödinger. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Joshua. > 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case > n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a > proof by what method, contrasted with deduction? Induction. 4 for everyone. > 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is > the part described by what other adjective? Imaginary. 4 for everyone. > 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that, > unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis? Stack. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true > and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is > performed on this type of data. Boolean (George Boole). 4 for everyone. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Can Spo Aud Sci THREE Stephen Perry 32 0 36 36 40 112 Joshua Kreitzer 24 12 20 36 36 96 Dan Blum 20 8 16 8 36 72 Dan Tilque 12 0 12 0 40 64 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 16 0 36 64 Pete Gayde 18 12 -- -- -- 30 -- Mark Brader | "But how do you figure out whether the programmer Toronto | knew what he was doing when you find his code msb@vex.net | after he's gone?" -- Roger Critchlow My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 24 12:09PM +0200 >> 2. "Kiss". > Prince and the Revolution. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. Tom Jones and the Art of Noise is another correct answer. When I saw the question, I only thought "Tom Jones" and my brain did not even have any "and the" at that point. And since there is likely to more than one song called "Kiss", I did not try to hard of think of any accompanying band. But when the answers Prince and the Revolution" started to trickle in, my mind became more clear that it was a collaboration. With whom, I still didn't know, so I turned to Google in curiousity. And while I was at it, I played both Tom Jones and Prince on YouTube. And, yes, it is the same song. Penned by Prince, I assume, although I did not check that part. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 06:51AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square" is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist? 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984 musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine? 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans. Why did Warhol choose that number? 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude Monet work. What is the full name of this painting? 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest significant works of surrealism. What is its title? 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland Stanford on what question? 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*, still in use today? 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him" sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict? 9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for $1,800,000. What is its title? 10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB. The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film* to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result of AIDS? * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in which the Peace Prize was not awarded. 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. In which field did he win his other Nobel? 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work? 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute to which then recently-deceased world political leader? 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan. In which country or future country was Annan born? 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*. 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."? Again, name *both*. 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented? 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize, in 2009? 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961. What was his name? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | And perhaps another sigquote for Mark, who msb@vex.net | seems to be running low... --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 24 01:33AM -0700 On 9/23/23 23:51, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg > This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans. > Why did Warhol choose that number? That's how many different flavors Campbell's made at the time. > Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed > photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland > Stanford on what question? whether a horse ever has all hoofs off the ground while galloping > 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is > the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. > In which field did he win his other Nobel? chemistry > awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? > > 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel > Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work? International Red Cross > 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable > living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute > to which then recently-deceased world political leader? Wallenberg > In which country or future country was Annan born? > 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly > having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*. Begin and Sadat > work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and > for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."? > Again, name *both*. Mandela and de Klerk > 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented? Oslo, Norway > 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize, > in 2009? Barack Obama > Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of > the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961. > What was his name? Dag Hammarskjold -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 24 12:05PM +0200 > 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg > This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans. > Why did Warhol choose that number? 64-bit architectures had not yet become available at the time. > ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's > last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*, > still in use today? Moët et Chandon > 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is > the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. > In which field did he win his other Nobel? Physics > 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be > awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? Malala Yousefzai > 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel > Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work? Red Cross > 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable > living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute > to which then recently-deceased world political leader? Gandhi > 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded > jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan. > In which country or future country was Annan born? Ghana > 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly > having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*. Menagem Begin and Anwar Sadat > work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and > for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."? > Again, name *both*. F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandeka > 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented? Oslo > 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize, > in 2009? Barack Obana > Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of > the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961. > What was his name? Dag Hammarskjöld |
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