| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 28 01:44AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-02, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 Smith & Guessin' and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 9 - Science - Female Scientists 1. Émilie du Châtelet was an 18th century scientist who wrote a number of scientific papers which she collaborated on during an affair with the philosopher Voltaire. And she was the first to translate *which seminal work* by Isaac Newton into French? 2. This German woman became an astronomer after she and her brother moved to England in the 1770s. Together they discovered over 1000 star clusters and nebulas, and a number of comets and other astronomical phenomena. Her brother discovered Uranus. She is known as the first woman to have her work published by the Royal Society. What is her name? (First and last name required.) 3. Lise Meitner was fascinated by the work of Marie Curie and so followed her steps to work on radioactive elements. When her partner observed that uranium atoms would split when bombarded with neutrons she calculated the energy that was released, and coined *what term* for the splitting of an atoms nucleus? 4. Chien-Shiung Wu has been called the "first lady of physics". She helped to separate uranium into isotopes, and she disproved the law of conservation of parity. She was also a part of what important physics organization or project in the 1940s? 5. Rosalind Franklin is well known nowadays as the behind-the-scenes hand in discovering the structure of DNA, as it was mainly her work that Watson and Crick built on. What type of imaging did she use? (After answering this question, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq k-enlf, jr arrq zber. Nqq gur erfg.) 6. Dorothy Hodgkin received a Nobel Prize in 1964 for her imaging work using <answer 5>, having discovered the structure of a number of compounds in the human body such as penicillin, vitamin B12 -- and which hormone that plays a major role in diabetes? 7. Rita Levi-Montalcini was able to isolate a compound known as NGF from cancer tissues that were found to cause nerve cell growths. This compound was the first of its kind discovered, and is incredibly important for the proliferation and survival of nerve cells in the human body. The N in NGF stands for "nerve"; what does the GF mean? 8. Barbara McClintock was a geneticist who was the first to recognize transposable elements, or "jumping genes", in chromosomes. Initially disregarded, it wasn't until many years later (with better cell imaging) that her work was seen as revolutionary. She performed almost all of her genetic experiments on what plant? 9. Rachel Carson was a conservationist focused on the use of pesticides. Years of work lead to the publishing of her book "Silent Spring", which is credited with the creation of the EPA as well as the general banning on *what pesticide*? 10. Jane Goodall is considered one of the world's experts on chimpanzee behavior, having spent over 50 years in the field studying wild chimpanzees. Using present-day place names, her work began in Gombe Stream National Park -- in which African country? ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round: Jerry Lewis By way of a tribute to Jerry Lewis, who died in August at the age of 91, your categories this week are: History: Nutty Sports: Professor Entertainment: Dean Martin Science: Muscular Dystrophy Geography: Lewis Literature: Lewis * A. History: Nutty A1. During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, German forces surrounded the Belgian town of Bastogne. When they demanded the American defenders surrender, what was the famous one-word reply from the US commander? A2. Name the ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892. * B. Sports: Professor B1. Which Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees was nicknamed "The Old Perfessor?" B2. Name the CFL Hall of Fame coach who was nicknamed "The Professor". He won 147 regular season games -- 3rd-best all time -- and 5 Grey Cups with Toronto and Ottawa. * C. Entertainment: Dean Martin C1. Jerry Lewis rocketed to stardom through his music-comedy act with Dean Martin. Within 2 years, how long was the team of Martin and Lewis together until their angry break-up? C2. In the 1986 comedy "Back to School", Ned Beatty plays the dean of the college that Rodney Dangerfield's character decides to attend. What was the surname of Beatty's character? * D. Science: Muscular Dystrophy D1. Jerry Lewis raised more than $2,600,000,000 US through his annual telethon for muscular dystrophy. Within 2 years, for how many years did Lewis host the Labor Day weekend show? D2. Muscular dystrophy is a group of more than 30 diseases which weaken and break down skeletal muscles. Within 2, how many main categories of the disease are there? * E. Geography: Lewis E1. Lewis and Harris is the largest island in which archipelago off the coast of Scotland? E2. Name the largest community on Lewis and Harris. Hint: it shares its name with the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa. * F. Literature: Lewis F1. Lewis Carroll's first book was published in 1865. Name it. Exact answer required. F2. Who was the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature? First and last name required. -- Mark Brader | YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO WORK HERE Toronto | WE'LL TRAIN YOU msb@vex.net | --Seen on "Help Wanted" sign My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 28 11:34AM +0200 > partner observed that uranium atoms would split when bombarded > with neutrons she calculated the energy that was released, > and coined *what term* for the splitting of an atoms nucleus? Fission > She helped to separate uranium into isotopes, and she disproved > the law of conservation of parity. She was also a part of what > important physics organization or project in the 1940s? Manhattan Project > pesticides. Years of work lead to the publishing of her book > "Silent Spring", which is credited with the creation of the > EPA as well as the general banning on *what pesticide*? DDT > studying wild chimpanzees. Using present-day place names, > her work began in Gombe Stream National Park -- in which > African country? Rwanda > surrounded the Belgian town of Bastogne. When they > demanded the American defenders surrender, what was the > famous one-word reply from the US commander? Nuts! > A2. Name the ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, > in 1892. Nut Cracker > D2. Muscular dystrophy is a group of more than 30 diseases > which weaken and break down skeletal muscles. Within 2, > how many main categories of the disease are there? 37 > E1. Lewis and Harris is the largest island in which archipelago > off the coast of Scotland? Shetland Islands -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 28 01:42AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. This two-time Oscar winner got a Razzie for her last movie role, > in the movie adaptation of "The Flintstones". She died in 2011 > at age 79. Elizabeth Taylor. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, and Pete. > 2. While he was known primarily as a silent-era comedian, his last > film role was as Erronius in "A Funny Thing Happened on the > Way to the Forum". He died in 1966 at age 70. Buster Keaton. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. > 3. This actor's last role was "Giant". He died in 1955 age 24 > after getting in a car accident. James Dean. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. > 4. Her last film role was "The Misfits"; she died at age 36 in 1962 > due to a drug overdose. Marilyn Monroe. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. > 5. This comedian's last film was "Canadian Bacon". The actor died > in 1994 at age 43 of a heart attack John Candy. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. > 6. This comedian's last film role was alongside Dan Aykroyd in > "Neighbors". He died in 1982 at age 33 from combined drug > intoxication. John Belushi. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. > filming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", so director > Terry Gilliam and friends of the deceased actor had to reshoot > certain scenes to make it more coherent. Name the actor. Heath Ledger. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Peter, and Gareth. > 8. His last role was in the third "Night at the Museum" movie, > playing president Theodore Roosevelt. He passed away at > age 63 in 2014. Robin Williams. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Jason, Gareth, and Pete. > 9. His last film role was in "Network". He died in 1977 at age 60. Peter Finch. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Calvin. > 10. His last role was in "The Harder They Fall". He passed away > in 1957 at age 57. Humphrey Bogart. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, and Calvin. > * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Japan-Ese > We described the actual Japanese meaning of a Japanese word commonly > used in the English language; you give that word. This round was problematic in that some of the questions were based more on the English meaning of the word than its Japanese etymology. I fixed a couple before posting, but there are others that I didn't think about. Apologies if anyone was misled, but I think the bad questions actually were probably easier than the others. A further problem was the word "shogun", which is Japanese for a general (from roots meaning "support" and "army"). It was not the intended answer to any question, but I decided that "general" was close enough to both "high commander" and "chief" to consider accepting it for both #3 and #10. I decided that I did have to accept it for #3; for #10, I decided to score it as "almost correct", but only for entrants who did not also give it for #3 -- and that meant no one. > 1. Tray gardening. Bonsai. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Peter, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. > 2. Empty orchestra. Karaoke. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Erland, and Calvin. > 3. Great prince or high commander. "Tycoon" (in a less anglicized spelling it'd be "taikun"); also accepting "shogun". 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Erland. 2 for Dan. > 4. Empty hand. Karate. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > 5. Picture letter. Emoji. (Not kanji, which is "Chinese letter".) 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Gareth. > 6. Human-pulled wagon. Rickshaw. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Gareth, Pete, and Calvin. A better translation of the Japenese would have been "person-strength wagon". Or really just "strength wagon", because the longer form becomes "jinricksha" in English, and "rickshaw" is a shortened version of this. > 7. Japanese knight. Samurai. 4 for everyone -- Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Gareth, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. A better translation of the etymology would have been just "warrior". > 8. Finger pressure. Shiatsu. 4 for Dan and Gareth. > 9. Divine wind. Kamikaze. 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > 10. Head or chief. Honcho. For "shogun", see above. 4 for Stephen. A better translation of the etymology would have been "squad leader" or "squad chief". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis FOUR Stephen Perry -- -- 40 40 40 36 156 Joshua Kreitzer 8 32 36 40 36 32 144 Gareth Owen -- -- 32 33 36 36 137 "Calvin" 9 26 8 36 27 24 113 Peter Smyth 8 29 4 40 28 12 109 Dan Blum 7 16 32 20 28 22 102 Pete Gayde 0 9 16 32 32 20 100 Erland Sommarskog 0 28 7 29 0 20 84 Dan Tilque 4 24 20 28 -- -- 76 Jason Kreitzer 0 4 8 8 32 16 64 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 32 0 -- -- 32 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "These Millennia are like buses." msb@vex.net --Arwel Parry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 28 11:28AM +0200 > wagon". Or really just "strength wagon", because the longer form > becomes "jinricksha" in English, and "rickshaw" is a shortened > version of this. That goes to show that sometimes you can know too much. I thought of "rickshaw", but dismissed it since it does fit in with Japanese phonology, at least not how words are normally written(*), and nor does "jinricksha". But there can obviously been some phonetic alterings on the way. (*) Along the railway between Osaka and Hiroshima, there is a city Kurashiki. But the actual pronounciation that I observed in the loudspeakers in nearby Okayama was "Kurashki". -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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