- QFTCICR19 Current Events 3-4 - 1 Update
- QFTCICR19 Game 3, Rounds 7-8: computer languages, South America - 5 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 26 12:23AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 the Cellar Rats and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3 (2019-02-11), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Bruce McArthur has pleaded guilty to eight murders. When arrested, he had another victim tied up in his bedroom, still alive. Only the first name of that victim has been released -- what was it? 2. An eastern Newfoundland town has been gripped by the mystery of billboards declaring in large letters that K.R. loves *who*? Give her first name. 3. US president Trump has announced that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 in *what country*? 4. The House of Commons Heritage Committee approved a measure Thursday to make the last day of *what month* National Truth and Reconciliation Day? 5. What day last week was the NBA deadline for player trades? 6. This man was an all-star outfielder for 12 seasons, ranked 10th in career home runs, and is in the Hall of Fame. He was also the first black manager in major-league baseball, and the final manager of the Montreal Expos. He died on Thursday. Who was he? 7. The Chinese lunar New Year was last week -- introducing the year of what animal in the Chinese zodiac? 8. The Conservative provincial government has set a lifetime limit for autism treatments for children. Within $9,000, what is it? 9. Two CBC series, "Anne with an E" and "Schitt's Creek", were the leading nominees for which awards? 10. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing calls for an invest- igation into allegations that senior PMO officials pressed the then Justice Minister not to seek criminal charges against *which high-profile Quebec engineering company*? * Game 4 (2019-02-25), Round 1 - Current Events 1. The controversy described in question 10 above has now led to the resignation of Trudeau's principal secretary, who had held the job since the election. Which long-time friend of Trudeau was that? 2. A pioneering transgender soul singer died this week at age 78. Who was she? 3. What famous, iconic fashion designer died this week at age 85? 4. Which Mars rover was officially taken out of service recently, having exceeded its planned operational lifetime by more than 50 times? 5. That country was slated to become the fourth to land and operate a device on the Moon? The dishwasher-sized rover was paid for mostly by private funding, and was launched recently from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX. 6. Formerly acting director of the FBI, he is now on tour promoting his new book "The Threat". Who is he? 7. After Jussie Smollett was charged with filing a false police report, his character was deleted from what TV series? 8. Which billionaire businessman hosted a Venezuelan Aid Live concert on Friday, just across the Venezuelan border in Cúcuta, Colombia? 9. Who was finally chosen to host yesterday's Academy Awards show? 10. Which Democratic Representative from New York drew the ire of New Yorkers when her "Green New Deal" was cited as one of the reasons for Amazon canceling its plans for a secondary headquarters in New York? After completing both rounds, please decode the rot13: Va gur ynfg dhrfgvba bs rnpu ebhaq, obgu gur pbzcnal anzr naq gur Qrzbpeng'f fheanzr ner gjb-cneg anzrf, yvxr Rkkba-Zbovy. Va rnpu pnfr vs lbh bayl tnir bar cneg, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur bgure bar, jvgubhg punatvat jung lbh jebgr. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...good to see you back in the 'From' column." msb@vex.net | --Maria Conlon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 25 03:14PM > for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially > on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. COBOL > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. Fortran > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers > to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. > It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. Visual Studio > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 > system. The language is still used by many large organizations > such as banks in their back-office systems. RPG > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ada > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. BASIC > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Argentina > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Paraguay and Bolivia > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Chile and Ecuador > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guiana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Malvinas > 10. In what year did Bras?lia replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1965 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Colombia; Peru -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 25 08:13AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially > on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. COBOL > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. Fortran > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. html (or hypertext markup language, if you want the full name) > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers > to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. > It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. Visual Studio > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 > system. The language is still used by many large organizations > such as banks in their back-office systems. PL/I > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ada > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. Basic > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Colombia > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Paraguay, Bolivia > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Ecuador, Chile > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guiana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Georgetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Islas Malvinas > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1965 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Feb 25 06:18PM On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:30:24 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially on > mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the US Navy, > was instrumental in the original design of the language. COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language) > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation) > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming language, > whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. JAVA > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 system. The > language is still used by many large organizations such as banks in > their back-office systems. RPG > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede multiple > languages that they were then using. ADA (lovelace) > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity as > the performance of computers has dramatically improved. BASIC (Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code) > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Argentina > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Paraguay and Bolivia > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Chile and Ecuador > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European Space > Agency and Russia launch rockets. Guyana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. LAN Chile > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Georgetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Malvinas > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1962 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was the > first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 25 09:30PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:q4mdnRgbjqUdFu7BnZ2dnUU7- > for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially > on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. BASIC; FORTRAN > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. FORTRAN; BASIC > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers > to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. > It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. .NET > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 > system. The language is still used by many large organizations > such as banks in their back-office systems. COBOL > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ruby > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. Pascal > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Argentina > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? Montevideo > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Bolivia and Paraguay > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Colombia and Chile; Ecuador and Chile > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guyana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Freetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Islas Malvinas > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1965; 1972 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 26 12:17AM -0600 Pete Gayde: > Freetown Not a bad guess -- you're only about 5,000 km or 3,000 miles off! -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "Omit needless code! Omit needless code! Omit needless code!" -- Chip Salzenberg (after Strunk & White) |
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