Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 15 11:12PM -0500

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* Game 7 (2019-07-08), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. According to Donald Trump, after the Continental Army was formed
in 1775 it was named after George Washington, suffered a bitter
winter at Valley Forge, found glory across the Delaware, defeated
Cornwallis of Yorktown, rammed the ramparts, and took over *what*?
 
2. Which Ontario music festival was cancelled, ostensibly because
the venue was soggy from rain?
 
3. Pending a vote by the European parliament, German politician
Ursula von der Leyen is in line to become the first female
*what*? Be precise.
 
4. Bruce Linton was ousted last week as co-executive officer of
a company he helped found in 2013. It's listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange. Name the company.
 
5. On July 4, a representative from Michigan, the only Republican
congressman to openly call for Donald Trump's resignation,
resigned from the Republican party. Name him.
 
6. Stage 1 of the Tour de France started in Brussels on Saturday,
in commemoration of what legendary cyclist's first win in 1969?
 
7. Ontario Superior Court Justice Champagne ruled this week that,
in a sexual encounter, it constitutes sexual assault to not do
*what* after previously agreeing to?
 
8. Which former Chrysler executive, best known for developing the
Mustang and the Pinto for Ford, died July 2 at the age of 94?
 
9. Which satirical magazine, owned by DC Comics, announced it was
ceasing publication of new material after 67 years?
 
10. Which featured performer on TV's "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"
died this week at the age of 90?
 
 
* Game 8 (2019-07-15), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. What Disney child actor died at the age of 20?
 
2. Also at age 20, this Blue Jay became the youngest person to
compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby. Name him.
 
3. The US defended their Women's World Cup title. Who did they
beat in the final?
 
4. After 170 years Canada's oldest bar is closing for renovations
and may not reopen in recognizable form. Name this Toronto
instutition.
 
5. Jean Chrétien was hospitalized in Hong Kong for what condition?
 
6. What company is laying off 550 workers in Thunder Bay, half of
its work force there?
 
7. In light of Jeffrey Epstain's charges of sex trafficking,
Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor has resigned. Name him.
 
8. Who did Detroit name a portion of highway M-10 after?
 
9. Which iconic car model has been discontinued?
 
10. Name the British ambassador who resigned his post after Donald
Trump refused to work with him any longer.
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 16 10:22AM +0200

> in 1775 it was named after George Washington, suffered a bitter
> winter at Valley Forge, found glory across the Delaware, defeated
> Cornwallis of Yorktown, rammed the ramparts, and took over *what*?
 
Airfields

> 3. Pending a vote by the European parliament, German politician
> Ursula von der Leyen is in line to become the first female
> *what*? Be precise.
 
Chief commissioner in the European Union

> 6. Stage 1 of the Tour de France started in Brussels on Saturday,
> in commemoration of what legendary cyclist's first win in 1969?
 
Eddy Mercx
 
> 7. Ontario Superior Court Justice Champagne ruled this week that,
> in a sexual encounter, it constitutes sexual assault to not do
> *what* after previously agreeing to?
 
Use s condom?

> 9. Which satirical magazine, owned by DC Comics, announced it was
> ceasing publication of new material after 67 years?
 
MAD
 
> * Game 8 (2019-07-15), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 3. The US defended their Women's World Cup title. Who did they
> beat in the final?
 
Netherlands

> 7. In light of Jeffrey Epstain's charges of sex trafficking,
> Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor has resigned. Name him.
 
Acosta
 
> 9. Which iconic car model has been discontinued?
 
Volvo P 1800
 
(Hey, they did not specify that the model had to be discontinued this
year or so!)

> 10. Name the British ambassador who resigned his post after Donald
> Trump refused to work with him any longer.
 
Cochran
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 04:28AM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> (Hey, they did not specify that the model had to be discontinued this
> year or so!)
 
It's a current-events round.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 15 10:36PM -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*)".
 
This set completes Game 4.
 
 
* Game 4, Round 7 - Science - The (Mostly Cretaceous) Stars of "Jurassic Park"
 
They were big, dumb, lumbering beasts that dominated their
environment and devoured the competition. We speak, of course,
of the "Jurassic Park" movies. Here's a round on the stars of
the show:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-7/dinos.pdf
 
What else can we add but "in each case, name that dinosaur"?
 
There were no decoys in this round, and I've sorted the questions
in order of the handout.
 
1. Dino A was named after a Canadian province. It's a theropod
that lived in the late Cretaceous period.
 
2. The movie "Jurassic Park" actually had only two dinosaurs in it
from the Jurassic period. One is B, and it killed Wayne Knight.
Name it.
 
3. Dino C was named after a Canadian *city*. It's a hadrosaur
that lived in the late Cretaceous period.
 
4. Predating tyrannosaurus by tens of milliions of years, the dino
in D fought its smaller descendant T-Rex in "Jurassic Park 3".
 
5. One of the most famous fossils ever found, E -- discovered in
the Gobi desert in 1971 -- depicts two Cretaceous dinosaurs
that died locked in mortal combat. Name *either* one.
 
6. Analysis of the horn of the dino in F indicates it probably
had a deafeningly loud mating call. Name that hadrosaur.
 
7. The largest flying reptile known -- G -- was, appropriately
enough, native to what is now Mexico. It's named after a
pre-Columbian deity, and you may name either the god or the
dinosaur.
 
8. In "Jurassic World", the fictitious and ridiculous "Indominus
rex" fought this armored herbivore with a killer club tail,
which is depicted in H. Name it.
 
9. The other actual Jurassic dino in "Jurassic Park" -- letter I --
has a name that means "arm lizard". Name that dino.
 
10. The one Cretaceous dino that we know from fossil evidence
fought T-Rex. Name the saurian in J.
 
 
* Game 4, Round 8 - Sports - Potpourri
 
An utterly random compendium of queries in the realm of games people play.
 
1. In which sport can the player's balls weigh no more than
1.62 oz. (about 46 grams) each?
 
2. Which Hall of Fame pitcher played for the Cleveland Indians,
St. Louis Browns, and Kansas City Athletics, all *after* the
age of 42?
 
3. In which net game are the women's world amateur champions
awarded the Uber Cup?
 
4. As far as we can tell there isn't a specific rule now, but
in the early 21st century, in order to gain recognition as an
official sport for men in the summer Olympics, a sport had to
be "widely practised" in a certain number of countries on *how
many different continents*, as counted by the Olympics?
 
5. Where would a sports fan find "handicapped maidens"?
 
6. What club does a golfer use to "hit the nickel"?
 
7. Which Triple Crown track is the oldest and largest horse-racing
facility in the US?
 
8. Which legend won the first-ever televised heavyweight boxing
championship fight? He knocked out Billy Conn in the eighth
round.
 
9. Name any sport which whose ball is a prolate spheroid.
 
10. What color tennis balls are used at Wimbledon?
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 16 10:17AM +0200

> 1. In which sport can the player's balls weigh no more than
> 1.62 oz. (about 46 grams) each?
 
Golf

> official sport for men in the summer Olympics, a sport had to
> be "widely practised" in a certain number of countries on *how
> many different continents*, as counted by the Olympics?
 
Three

> 7. Which Triple Crown track is the oldest and largest horse-racing
> facility in the US?
 
Kentucky Derby

> 8. Which legend won the first-ever televised heavyweight boxing
> championship fight? He knocked out Billy Conn in the eighth
> round.
 
Louis Stevenson

> 9. Name any sport which whose ball is a prolate spheroid.
 
Rugby

> 10. What color tennis balls are used at Wimbledon?
 
White
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 15 10:35PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
This game is not over -- Rounds 7 and 8 will follow now.
 
 
> 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 (Russia, Florida). 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque,
Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 2. The county seat of Franklin County, Kansas; a city 352 km NE
> of Toronto.
 
Ottawa (Kansas, Ontario). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
 
> 3. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur; a city
> 415 km NW of the Bolivian capital of Sucre.
 
La Paz (Mexico, Bolivia). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. 2 for Calvin.
 
> 4. A city 43 km from Dover; the city across the border from
> St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
 
Calais (in France, pronounced approximately "ka-LAY"; in Maine,
"KAL-uss"). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> 5. A city 713 km NE of Melbourne; a city 314 km ENE of Halifax.
 
Sydney (New South Wales, Nova Scotia -- whose standard abbreviations
are only one letter apart!). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 6. A city 391 km NNW of Lyon; a city 152 km NE of Dallas
 
Paris (France, Texas). 4 for everyone.
 
> 7. Ruins of a city, 22 km south of Cairo; a city 316 km WSW of
> Nashville.
 
Memphis (Egypt, Tennessee). 4 for everyone.
 
> 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 (Scotland, Western Australia). 4 for everyone.
 
> 9. A city 98 km ENE of Atlanta; a city 306 km SSE of Thessaloniki.
 
Athens (Georgia, Greece). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua,
Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 10. A famous fictional TV city; a city 130 km WSW of Boston that's
> home to the NBA Hall of Fame.
 
Springfield (unidentified US state, Masschusetts). 4 for Dan Tilque,
Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.
 
"Jeopardy!" had a category based on the same idea the *same day*
as the original game, but their version stayed in North America and
only used one of the 20 places in our round. The places they used
were Arlington (TX, VA), Springfield (MA, IL), Vancouver (BC, WA),
Lafayette (LA, IN), and Rochester (NY, MN).
 
 
 
> 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. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
 
> A2. Two archipelagos in the Atlantic are Portuguese autonomous
> territories. Name either one.
 
Azores (or Açores), Madeira. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Dan Blum,
Erland (the hard way), and Calvin.
 
 
> ignore the period of about 60 years when it was part of
> Spain, then its borders have not changed since which year --
> within 100?
 
1138 (accepting 1038-1238). 4 for Calvin.
 
In the original game the "if" note was not there, leading to a
rather annoyed protest from me, which was denied.
 
> B2. The first king of Portugal, Alfonzo I (1139-85) was descended
> from which Capetian dynasty, most associated with France?
 
House of Burgundy. 3 for Calvin.
 
 
 
> C1. The soccer ("football") franchise Sporting CP, commonly
> referred to as just "Sporting", is based in which Portuguese
> city?
 
Lisbon. 4 for Erland and Calvin. 3 for Pete.
 
> C2. Name the one Portuguese-Canadian on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
 
John Tavares.
 
 
> "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. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> Portuguese machete de braga, which was introduced
> by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century.
> What instrument?
 
The ukulele. 4 for everyone.
 
The *same day* as the original game, GSN's new and rather badly
named "Best Ever Trivia Show" used a multiple-choice version of
this question. Then on 2019-06-19, "Jeopardy!" asked what instrument
was being played on an audio clip, and it too was a 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. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Calvin.
 
> 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?
 
Vinho verde.
 
 
> * F. Miscellaneous
 
> F1. Lisbon is home to Europe's longest bridge at 12.3 km.
> Who is it named after?
 
Vasco da Gama. 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland.
 
> F2. With over 800 km of coastline, Portugal boasts an average
> 364 days per year of what balance-testing pastime?
 
Surfing. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors [column titles for Round 4 corrected]:
 
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Lit His Ent Geo Cha FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 22 36 32 40 40 16 148
Dan Blum 4 36 28 20 32 24 120
"Calvin" 4 10 28 24 26 23 101
Pete Gayde 10 20 36 20 20 19 96
Dan Tilque 14 8 16 4 40 24 94
Erland Sommarskog 4 0 4 0 28 24 60
Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 -- -- 40
 
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Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Jul 15 08:01PM +0100

On 2019-07-15 03:31:30 +0000, Calvin said:
 
> 2 Which rapper's hit single "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for
> Best Original Song in 2003, the first hip-hop song to receive such an
> accolade?
 
P Diddy?
 
> 3 What is Charlie Brown's best-known expression of dismay?
 
Good grief
 
> 4 Winners at the Venice Film Festival receive a golden statue of which animal?
 
Bear
 
> 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city?
 
Milan?
 
> 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes?
 
Pisces
 
> 8 Designed to deliver troops from aircraft to the ground as quickly as
> possible, what does the acronym HALO stand for in relation to a
> parachute jump?
 
Highly accelerated landing. Ouch!
 
> 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey
> is set in which US city?
 
Seattle?
 
 
--
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withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely
fucked up."
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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
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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
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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