| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 12 08:34PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-11, 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 4, Round 9 - Geography - Double-Booking (No, you haven't missed a set. I've just realized that some work is needed on Round 7 before I can post it, so I'm going to skip ahead and Rounds 7 and 8 will come afterwards to complete the game.) Be careful booking your next vacation. In a world of possible place names, there's considerable duplication. In this round, we'll give the locations of two different places that share a name (in English). You give that shared name. For example, if we said, "344 km NNW of Paris; 168 km WSW of Toronto", the answer would be... London. Note: In the original game the example put London at "415 km W of of Paris", and there were many other examples of wrong directions. I have reviewed all questions and substituted correct distances and directions. (Distances are measured by "straight lines" -- i.e. great circles -- between the city centers that Google Maps uses, and not by roads; directions are shown to the nearest 1/16 of a circle, e.g. N or NNE.) 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE of Toronto. 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from St. Stephen, New Brunswick. 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of Nashville. 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's home to the NBA Hall of Fame. * Game 4, Round 10 - Portugal Challenge Round Yesterday, June 10 was Portugal Day. So, thanks to the Raptors, a belated Portugal Day to one and all. * A. Geography A1. A part of Eastern Canada is still named for a Portuguese explorer, whose name means "farmer" or "landholder" in Portuguese. Portugal laid claim to it in the 15th century. A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous territories. Name either one. * B. History B1. Portugal is arguably the oldest country in Europe. If you ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- within 100? B2. The first king of Portugal, Alfonzo I (1139-85) was descended from which Capetian dynasty, most associated with France? * C. Sports C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese city? C2. Name the one Portuguese-Canadian on the Toronto Maple Leafs. * D. Entertainment D1. This Portuguese-born actress starred in Busby Berkeley's "The Gang's All Here" in 1943, which introduced her trademark fruit hats. In 1945 she was the highest-paid woman in the United States. Who? D2. This beloved instrument is a Hawaiian adaptation of the Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. What instrument? * E. Inventions E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? E2. What type of wine originating in the Minho region of Portugal is made by fermenting young grapes with the wine being released 3-6 months after the grapes are harvested? * F. Miscellaneous F1. Lisbon is home to Europe's longest bridge at 12.3 km. Who is it named after? F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime? -- Mark Brader | Up until now, you have been told never to use Toronto | the Goto. I use it. I use a revolver too, but msb@vex.net | I don't give it to my children. --a Prof. Baird My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 12 07:52PM -0700 On 7/12/19 6:34 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > uses, and not by roads; directions are shown to the nearest 1/16 > of a circle, e.g. N or NNE.) > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. St Petersburg > 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE > of Toronto. Ottawa > 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city > 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. La Paz > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Calais (Trivia note: originally St Stephen, NB was going to be named Dover, so they named the city in Maine to match the two on opposite sides of the Channel. But for reasons I don't remember, they changed the name of the NB town, leaving Calais, Maine without its complement.) > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Sydney > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Athens > 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's > home to the NBA Hall of Fame. Springfield > A1. A part of Eastern Canada is still named for a Portuguese > explorer, whose name means "farmer" or "landholder" in > Portuguese. Portugal laid claim to it in the 15th century. Labrador > A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous > territories. Name either one. Azores > ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of > Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- > within 100? 900 AD > C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly > referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese > city? Porto > "The Gang's All Here" in 1943, which introduced her trademark > fruit hats. In 1945 she was the highest-paid woman in the > United States. Who? Carmen Miranda > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? ukulele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? prefrontal lobotomy > * F. Miscellaneous > F1. Lisbon is home to Europe's longest bridge at 12.3 km. > Who is it named after? Vasco da Gama -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 12 10:38PM -0500 Dan Tilque: > they named the city in Maine to match the two on opposite sides of the > Channel. But for reasons I don't remember, they changed the name of the > NB town, leaving Calais, Maine without its complement.) Cute. The namers of Mexicali and Calexico had somewhat better results with their plan. -- Mark Brader "Now, let's assume the correct answer will Toronto eventually be written on this board at the msb@vex.net coordinates (x,y)..." --Randall Munroe |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 13 03:54AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:X8Gdnc9ciLiFqLTAnZ2dnUU7- > uses, and not by roads; directions are shown to the nearest 1/16 > of a circle, e.g. N or NNE.) > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. St Petersburg > 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE > of Toronto. St Louis > 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city > 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. Puerto Vallarta > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. London; Norwich > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Newcastle > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Troy > 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's > home to the NBA Hall of Fame. Springfield > Portuguese. Portugal laid claim to it in the 15th century. > A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous > territories. Name either one. Azores > C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly > referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese > city? Lisbon; Maritimo > "The Gang's All Here" in 1943, which introduced her trademark > fruit hats. In 1945 she was the highest-paid woman in the > United States. Who? Carmen Miranda > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? Ukulele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? Shock therapy > E2. What type of wine originating in the Minho region of Portugal > is made by fermenting young grapes with the wine being > released 3-6 months after the grapes are harvested? Port; Madeira > Who is it named after? > F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average > 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime? Surfing Pete Gayde |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 13 04:25AM > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Geography - Double-Booking > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. Saint Petersburg > 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE > of Toronto. Wichita; Topeka > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Calais > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Sydney > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Athens > 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's > home to the NBA Hall of Fame. Springfield > A1. A part of Eastern Canada is still named for a Portuguese > explorer, whose name means "farmer" or "landholder" in > Portuguese. Portugal laid claim to it in the 15th century. Labrador > A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous > territories. Name either one. Azores > ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of > Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- > within 100? 1350 > B2. The first king of Portugal, Alfonzo I (1139-85) was descended > from which Capetian dynasty, most associated with France? Merovingian; Carolingian > C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly > referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese > city? Porto > "The Gang's All Here" in 1943, which introduced her trademark > fruit hats. In 1945 she was the highest-paid woman in the > United States. Who? Carmen Miranda > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? ukelele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? lobotomy > E2. What type of wine originating in the Minho region of Portugal > is made by fermenting young grapes with the wine being > released 3-6 months after the grapes are harvested? port > * F. Miscellaneous > F1. Lisbon is home to Europe's longest bridge at 12.3 km. > Who is it named after? Prince Henry the Navigator > F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average > 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime? surfing -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 13 06:06AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:X8Gdnc9ciLiFqLTAnZ2dnUU7- > "344 km NNW of Paris; 168 km WSW of Toronto", the answer would be... > London. > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. St. Petersburg > 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE > of Toronto. Ottawa > 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city > 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. La Paz > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Calais > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Sydney > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Athens > 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's > home to the NBA Hall of Fame. Springfield > ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of > Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- > within 100? 1275 > "The Gang's All Here" in 1943, which introduced her trademark > fruit hats. In 1945 she was the highest-paid woman in the > United States. Who? Miranda > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? ukulele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? lobotomy > * F. Miscellaneous > F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average > 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime? surfing -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 13 10:53AM +0200 > 1. A city 633 km NW of Moscow; a city 27 km SW of Tampa. St Petersburg > 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE > of Toronto. Hamilton > 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city > 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre. Cochabamba > 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from > St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Folkestone > 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax. Sydney > 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas Paris > 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of > Nashville. Memphis > 8. A city 51 km NNW of Edinburgh that's home to St. Johnstone FC; > a state capital 3,291 km W of Sydney. Perth > 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki. Athens > 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's > home to the NBA Hall of Fame. Springfield > a belated Portugal Day to one and all. > A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous > territories. Name either one. Madeira and Azores > ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of > Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year -- > within 100? 1241 > C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly > referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese > city? Lisbon > Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced > by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century. > What instrument? Ukelele > E1. This psychosurgical procedure won its originator Antonio > Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. > It's now a byword for medical barbarism. What is it? Lobotomy > E2. What type of wine originating in the Minho region of Portugal > is made by fermenting young grapes with the wine being > released 3-6 months after the grapes are harvested? Port > F1. Lisbon is home to Europe's longest bridge at 12.3 km. > Who is it named after? Vasco da Gama > F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average > 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime? Surfing |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 12 08:28PM -0500 Mark Brader: > * Game 4, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Father's Day > June 16 is Father's Day. We could set this up with a dad joke, > but thought we'd spare you. This was the easiest round in the original game. > for different teams, but they won their respective titles in the > same position, at the same age, and on the same calendar day. > Who are they? Peter (Manchester United) and Kasper (Leicester City) Schmeichel. Yes, "Schmeichel" was sufficient -- but not "Michelsen". 4 for Pete. > 2. This boxer famously named all five of his sons "George Edward" > so they would always have something in common. Name the father. George Edward Foreman. Yes, "Foreman" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 3. This R&B singer had a posthumous duet with his daughter in 1991. > Name the father. Nat King Cole. ("Unforgettable", with Natalie Cole.) 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > plotting to kill him, the emperor commuted his death sentence > and instead sent him to a monastery for the rest of his life. > Name the emperor. Charlemagne. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > After the father's execution, his daughter Margaret Roper bribed > the man tasked with throwing his head in the Thames and gave > it a proper burial. Who was that father? Sir Thomas More. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 6. This man may be the most prolific father of all time -- 0.8% > of the world's population is descended from him. Who is he? Ghengis Khan. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 7. This son paid tribute to his 102-year-old father at the Golden > Globes this year by saying "Altercockers rule!". "Altercocker" > is a Yiddish term for old guy. Name the son. Michael Douglas. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > his first wife but three of his sons, causing Emperor Augustus to > comment that it was "better to be that man's pig than his son". > Name that king. Herod. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Joshua. > 9. There are a lot of negative things being said about this late > father, but the nadir of his parenting was likely dangling his > infant son from a balcony. Name the father. Michael Jackson. (Son: Prince Michael Jackson II, later known as Bigi.) 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 10. This chef's children are Poppy, Buddy, River, Petal, and Daisy. > Who is he? Jamie Oliver. 4 for Calvin. > we'll name the fictional band and give you the year, and maybe a > bit of other information. You name the movie or TV series. > 1. Wyld Stallyns (pronounced "Wild Stallions"), 1989. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure". 4 for Joshua. > 2. Stillwater, 2000. "Almost Famous". 4 for Calvin and Joshua. > 3. The Soggy Bottom Boys, 2000. "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" 4 for Calvin and Joshua. > 4. Autobahn, 1998. A band of German nihilists. "The Big Lebowski". 4 for Calvin and Joshua. > 5. The Folksmen, 2003. "A Mighty Wind". 4 for Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 6. Otis Day and the Nights, 1978. "Animal House". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Joshua. > 7. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, 1979. "The Muppet Movie", but accepting "The Muppet Show". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 8. Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, 1985. Marvin was Chuck's > cousin. "Back to the Future". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Joshua. > 9. The Wonders or Oneders, 1996. Mispronounced at one point as > "oh-NEED-ers". "That Thing You Do!" 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshuak. > 10. The Rutles, 1978. We need the part of the title that isn't > "The Rutles". "All You Need is Cash". Yes, with Eric Idle. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Lit Mis Ent Joshua Kreitzer 22 36 32 40 130 Dan Blum 4 36 28 20 88 Pete Gayde 10 20 36 20 86 "Calvin" 4 10 28 24 66 Dan Tilque 14 8 16 4 42 Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 40 Erland Sommarskog 4 0 4 0 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "WARNING: Pastry may be *hot* when heated." msb@vex.net -- [alleged] Kellogg Pop-Tarts box My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 12 07:12PM -0700 On 7/12/19 6:28 PM, Mark Brader wrote: >> comment that it was "better to be that man's pig than his son". >> Name that king. > Herod. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Joshua. There were a number of different rulers of Judea or nearby territories during that era named Herod. Several of them are referenced in various parts of the Bible. I'm surprised you didn't ask which one. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 12 10:36PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> comment that it was "better to be that man's pig than his son". >>> Name that king. >> Herod. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Joshua. Dan Tilque: > There were a number of different rulers of Judea or nearby territories > during that era named Herod. Several of them are referenced in various > parts of the Bible. Who knew? > I'm surprised you didn't ask which one. Well, Axxxe didn't. But I wouldn't've known anything about this anyway. -- Mark Brader | "There are no nations! There is only humanity. Toronto | And if we don't come to understand that right msb@vex.net | soon, there will be no nations, because there | will be no humanity." --Isaac Asimov |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 12 10:45PM -0700 On 7/12/19 8:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote: >> during that era named Herod. Several of them are referenced in various >> parts of the Bible. > Who knew? Well, I did. The one that the question asks about is Herod the Great, I think. He's also the one who supposedly killed all the newborn boys in Bethlehem, or maybe it was in all Judea, whatever. (I really have doubts this happened, but then the entire Nativity story is probably all myths anyway.) He also built the second Temple. Anyway, H the G died in 4 BC and the other Biblical Herods are his sons or grandsons. That includes the father of Salome who killed John the Baptist. -- Dan Tilque |
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