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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 20 05:11PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-27, 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 Unnatural Axxxe 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana History - 10 Days that Changed Toronto (Oh, did we only say *two* Canadiana rounds this week?) This round is based on the book "25 Days that Changed Toronto" from "Spacing" magazine. 1. On 1921-09-01 the privately-owned Toronto Railway Co. lost its function. What replaced it? 2. What important east-west city thoroughfare was inaugurated on 1918-10-18? Decades later, Michael Ondaatje would make the structure a voiceless character in his novel "The Skin of the Lion". 3. On 1980-07-28 the Supreme Court of Ontario issued eviction writs -- later overturned -- for all the residents of a Toronto community. Which one? 4. What event, causing 81 deaths, struck Toronto on 1954-10-15? 5. With the aid of a Sikorsky helicopter, what record-setting event happened in Toronto on 1975-04-02? 6. What the Toronto Police infamously dubbed Operation Soap was carried out on 1981-02-05, poisoning the Force's relationship with a downtown community. What happened that night? 7. What annual outdoor event began auspiciously on 1879-09-02 with an unfinished Crystal Palace and only 250 paid guests? 8. A bloody brawl between self-styled Nazis and Jewish youths took place in Toronto on 1933-08-13. Where? 9. On 1971-06-03, Ontario Premier Bill Davis killed a controversial road project. Which one? 10. On 1834-03-27, Toronto elected its first mayor. Who? ** Game 2, Round 10 - The Second Challenge Round Given that this is the second week of the new season, we thought we'd deal a round of seconds. * A. Seconds in Science A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a second in an atomic clock? * B. Second Black Players B1. In which major-league sport was Mike Marson the second black player? B2. In which major-league sport was Larry Dobie the second black player? * C. Seconds in Geography C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? C2. What US state has the second-largest population? * D. Seconds in Entertainment D1. Which Hollywood star has a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars? D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling about Chicago. Name it. * E. Seconds in Literature E1. Name Ernest Hemingway's second novel. It was published in 1929, more than a decade after the military events it describes. E2. Written in 1949, when the author was 38, this is arguably Simone de Beauvoir's most famous book. Name it. * F. Seconds Inc. Name these companies. F1. Canada's largest food charity, it recovers unsold food from retailers and restaurants and delivers them to the needy through 373 Ontario social-service agencies. F2. This Canadian coffee retailer started in 1975 and now has 300 locations across the country and franchises in the US, the UK, and countries throughout the Middle East. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Let us knot coin gnu werds huitch msb@vex.net are spelld rong." -- Rik Fischer Smoody My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 21 01:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:P9ednThDUsI3mZHAnZ2dnUU7- > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana History - 10 Days that Changed Toronto > (Oh, did we only say *two* Canadiana rounds this week?) I got nothing. > * A. Seconds in Science > A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, > on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. Mariner 2 > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? cesium > * B. Second Black Players > B1. In which major-league sport was Mike Marson the second > black player? ice hockey > B2. In which major-league sport was Larry Dobie the second > black player? baseball (but I think his surname is misspelled here) > * C. Seconds in Geography > C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? Caspian Sea > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? Texas > * D. Seconds in Entertainment > D1. Which Hollywood star has a band called Thirty Seconds > to Mars? Jared Leto > D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name > was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling > about Chicago. Name it. The Second City > E1. Name Ernest Hemingway's second novel. It was published in > 1929, more than a decade after the military events it > describes. "A Farewell to Arms"; "The Sun Also Rises" > E2. Written in 1949, when the author was 38, this is arguably > Simone de Beauvoir's most famous book. Name it. "The Second Sex" > F2. This Canadian coffee retailer started in 1975 and now has > 300 locations across the country and franchises in the US, > the UK, and countries throughout the Middle East. Caribou Coffee -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 20 06:41PM -0700 On 6/20/19 3:11 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > from "Spacing" magazine. > 1. On 1921-09-01 the privately-owned Toronto Railway Co. lost > its function. What replaced it? TTC > -- later overturned -- for all the residents of a Toronto > community. Which one? > 4. What event, causing 81 deaths, struck Toronto on 1954-10-15? tornado > 6. What the Toronto Police infamously dubbed Operation Soap was > carried out on 1981-02-05, poisoning the Force's relationship > with a downtown community. What happened that night? raid on gay bath houses > * A. Seconds in Science > A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, > on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. Viking 2 > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? caesium > * B. Second Black Players > B1. In which major-league sport was Mike Marson the second > black player? NHL > B2. In which major-league sport was Larry Dobie the second > black player? MLB > * C. Seconds in Geography > C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? Lake Superior > > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? Texas > D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name > was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling > about Chicago. Name it. Second City > E1. Name Ernest Hemingway's second novel. It was published in > 1929, more than a decade after the military events it > describes. The Sun Also Rises > E2. Written in 1949, when the author was 38, this is arguably > Simone de Beauvoir's most famous book. Name it. The Second Sex > F1. Canada's largest food charity, it recovers unsold food > from retailers and restaurants and delivers them to the > needy through 373 Ontario social-service agencies. Second Harvest -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 21 10:12AM +0200 > we'd deal a round of seconds. > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? Cesium > * C. Seconds in Geography > C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? Lake Malawi > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? Texas |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 20 05:09PM -0500 Mark Brader: >> 3. Pike Place Market -- the USA's oldest surviving market, spanning >> 4 hectares and attracting 40,000 people per day. Name the city >> where this waterfront tourist trap operates. Stephen Perry: > seattle, washington I am reluctantly accepting this as one answer. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Could you guys please stop agreeing? msb@vex.net | It's wearing me out." --Bob Lieblich |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 20 05:09PM -0500 Mark Brader: > character and give you a hint, and you give us the actor or actress > who played them. > 1. Leonard's mom, formerly of "The Good Wife". Christine Baranski. 4 for Stephen, Bruce, and Pete. > 2. Sheldon's mom, an Oscar nominee for 2017. Laurie Metcalf. ("Lady Bird"). 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Bruce. > 3. Amy's mom, a three-time Oscar nominee and one-time winner. > We're her biggest fan. Kathy Bates. (Winner for "Misery", nominated for "Primary Colors" and "About Schmidt".) 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Pete. > 4. Penny's mom. A five-time Golden Globe nominee. We liked her > best as Leela in "Futurama". Katie Sagal. (Winner for "Sons of Anarchy", nominated 4 times for "Married with Children".) 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Bruce. > 5. Penny's dad, an Oscar winner for Best Song of 1976. Keith Carradine. ("I'm Easy" from "Nashville".) 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 6. Amy's dad. A real-life magician who actually has a first name, > or at least, used to. (It's Raymond.) Teller. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > 7. Leonard's dad. A former prime-time employee of New York's > Sunshine Cab Company. Judd Hirsch. ("Taxi"). 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Bruce. > 8. Sheldon's brother, who as a child actor was in "Stand by Me". Jerry O'Connell. 4 for Stephen. > 9. Penny's brother, a long-time regular on "Late Night with Conan > O'Brien", who played Kenneth Parcell on "30 Rock". Jack McBrayer. 4 for Stephen. > Proton". This 89-year-old comic actor won a Grammy for Album > of the Year in 1961 and has received the Mark Twain Prize for > American Humor. Bob Newhart. (Album: "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart".) 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > But sooner or later, we both know you'll hit the streets and > go shopping. In this round, we'll name a famous street market. > You tell us the *city* it's in. This was the hardest round in the original game. > Delicacies on offer include snake blood and meat, turtle blood > and meat, and "deer penis wine." Until 1991, it was a legal > brothel district. Name that Asian capital city. Taipei. 4 for Stephen and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. > selling jewelry, carpets, brassware, leather goods, hookahs, > ceramics, pottery -- all under ornate, grandiose passageways > spread across 60-odd streets. Name the city. Istanbul. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > 3. Pike Place Market -- the USA's oldest surviving market, spanning > 4 hectares and attracting 40,000 people per day. Name the city > where this waterfront tourist trap operates. Seattle. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > markets, including the Inverness Street Market, the Lock Market, > the Stables Market and the Buck Street Market. Name that > borough in Northwest London. Camden. 4 for Stephen. > 5. La Boqueria, also known as Las Ramblas -- with 200 vendors, it is > considered one of the finest food markets in Europe. Name the > city. Barcelona. 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 2 for Bruce. > 6. The Chatuchak Weekend Market -- with more than 5,000 stalls > spread over 35 acres, it receives more than 200,000 visitors > daily. Name the city. Bangkok. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > it's listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and offers seafood > and deli foods, as well as hand-crafted clothing and jewelry. > Name the city. Hint: It's not in England. Melbourne. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Erland. > 8. The Stanley Market and the Temple Street Night Market are two > world-famous shopping districts in this city. Name it. Hong Kong. 4 for Stephen, Erland, and Pete. > 9. Chandi Chowk -- dating back to the 17th Century, it's one of > the world's largest wholesale food markets. And its spice > district will make your eyes water and your lungs seize up. Delhi. (Accepting New Delhi.) 4 for Stephen. > and Saturday. Featuring produce from farms more than 100 km > away, it serves more than 250,000 customers a week during > peak season. Name the city. New York. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Spo Lit Can Can Ent Geo FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 29 40 23 4 0 24 11 127 Dan Blum 26 35 36 0 8 12 10 119 Dan Tilque 34 36 20 0 0 0 12 102 Pete Gayde 0 36 15 5 0 16 16 88 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- 40 40 80 Bruce Bowler 20 32 -- -- -- 24 2 78 "Calvin" 4 26 -- -- -- 4 16 50 Erland Sommarskog 16 8 -- -- -- 0 24 48 -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" "Definitely birds." -- Rodney Boyd My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 20 01:22PM +0200 > lower-case ones the way E, G, and many others are in English. I could > see this creating a false impression that Russian does not have lower-case > letters at all. That is not entirely correct. It is true that in Cyrillic that most lowercase letters in *print* face are just smaller versions of their uppercase caracters. But some are different, for instance A and E, where Cyrillic also has "a" and "e". Cyrillic lowercase can also be written with a cursive glyphs (or whatever the exact term). In this style, there are more lowercase that are different from the uppercase letters. These are mainly used with hand- writing, but they can also be used in print, and they can be quite confusing for someone who is more used to read the Latin script. To wit, many of these lowercase shapes are identical with the Latin characters - but the mapping is different. For instance, if you see the shape "m" in Cyrillic text, that is not a lowercase M - it's a lowercase T! |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 20 03:59PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > lower-case ones the way E, G, and many others are in English. I could > see this creating a false impression that Russian does not have > lower-case letters at all. Actually, Pete misread the question and immediately wished that he could have edited his response after he submitted it (similar to the quote in Mark's signature). Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 20 04:39PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > the exact term). In this style, there are more lowercase that are different > from the uppercase letters. These are mainly used with hand- > writing... You're right, I forgot about handwritten Russian. Thanks. -- Mark Brader "This must be a serious issue! Toronto It's spawned a new interjection!" msb@vex.net --Steve Summit |
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