- QFTCIUA19 Game 5, Rounds 7-8: assassins, Jewish holidays - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #570 - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #569 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 3 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 5, Rounds 4-6 answers: space race, pop/classics, Shakespeareisms - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 26 12:31AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-17, 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 5, Round 7 - History - Assassins We tell you the assassin, the year, and something about the place; you identify the person assassinated. 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. 9. Patrick James Whelan, Ottawa, 1868. 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. * Game 5, Round 8 - Miscellanous - Jewish Holidays and Practices 1. On which Jewish holiday are Jews ritually obligated to get so intoxicated they can't tell the difference between the evil Haman and the righteous Mordechai? The holiday is immortalized in the movie "For Your Consideration". 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew expression of congratulations? 5. On Shabbat, the challah (bread) is covered while the blessing over wine is said. Why? 6. At a Passover seder, the plagues visited on Egypt are marked by the spilling of wine on a plate: one drop for each of the plagues. How many plagues were there? 7. How many books are there in the Torah? 8. Judaism is filled with early environmentalism. Tu' Bishvat marks another new year in the Jewish calendar and these days it is considered a day to celebrate nature. It is the new year of what? 9. What is Yom HaShoah? 10. This harvest festival has Jews building temporary structures, in which they eat and (sometimes) sleep. The Hebrew word for this holiday translates to "booths" or "tabernacles". Name the holiday. -- Mark Brader | "I'm surprised there aren't laws about this in the USA..." msb@vex.net | "Of course there are laws about this in the USA. Toronto | Without even reading further to find out what 'this' is." | --Rob Bannister and Evan Kirshenbaum My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 26 09:45AM +0200 > We tell you the assassin, the year, and something about the place; > you identify the person assassinated. > 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. McKinley > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. Billie the Kid > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Franz Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert Kennedy > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Shamir |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 25 09:00PM -0700 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its many allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life itself? 2 Who is actress Jamie Lee Curtis' famous mother? 3 Biltong is a South African delicacy usually consisting of dried... what? [Be specific] 4 What, allegedly, links the alchemist Johann Georg Faust, violinist Niccolò Paganini, and blues musician Robert Johnson? 5 By definition, thespians engage in which activity? 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which 19th century author? 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet? 8 What 7-letter word can refer to a citrus fruit, a snail genus, or a Japanese province? 9 Which city is considered the "mother" of all Russian cities, despite not actually being located in Russia? 10 Which English club won the European Rugby Champions Cup in May 2019, their third such title in four years? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 26 12:37AM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its > many allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life > itself? Carbon. > 2 Who is actress Jamie Lee Curtis' famous mother? Janet Leigh. > 3 Biltong is a South African delicacy usually consisting of > dried... what? [Be specific] Herring. > 4 What, allegedly, links the alchemist Johann Georg Faust, > violinist Niccolň Paganini, and blues musician Robert Johnson? "Illegitimate" birth? > 5 By definition, thespians engage in which activity? Acting. > 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which > 19th century author? Andersen? > 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO > phonetic alphabet? Whisky. Or whiskey. I forget which is the official spelling. > 8 What 7-letter word can refer to a citrus fruit, a snail genus, > or a Japanese province? Satsuro? > 9 Which city is considered the "mother" of all Russian cities, > despite not actually being located in Russia? Kiev? > 10 Which English club won the European Rugby Champions Cup in May > 2019, their third such title in four years? Manchester? -- Mark Brader | "We didn't just track down that bug, Toronto | we left evidence of its extermination msb@vex.net | as a warning to other bugs" --Dan Lyke |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 26 09:39AM +0200 > 1 Which element is known as the 'King of the Elements' due to its > many allotropes, extensive number of uses, and importance to life > itself? Carbon > 6 The 2013 Disney film "Frozen" is based on a fairy take by which > 19th century author? H.C. Andersen > 7 Which alcoholic beverage represents a letter in the NATO phonetic > alphabet? Martini > 8 What 7-letter word can refer to a citrus fruit, a snail genus, or > a Japanese province? Satsuma > 9 Which city is considered the ?mother? of all Russian cities, > despite not actually being located in Russia? Kyiv (as it is spelled locally) |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 25 08:58PM -0700 On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 1:31:31 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 In cookery, what French word meaning 'jumped' refers to tossing or shaking food in hot fat? Saute > 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? Eminem / Marshall Mathers > 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? Lion The bear is Berlin > 5 The Pirelli Skyscraper is located in which Italian city? Milan > 6 Which sign of the zodiac is represented by fishes? Pisces > 7 Why is the green basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) also known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard'? It can walk on water https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qOvEkNJAANk_589IsTPrbCo8_Kzr30O-W4kNzS5TBDBAH42zIG4hGB0BHc6LOLsIvH7IH8woLFHSqtGnmVFO41zG9vEtp-FFtj16_UnQ8ZjVN9z-aOGV4J0HlFK1KgB8DQxYwBCHwGk/s1600/jesus+christ+lizard+running+on+water.jpg > 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? High Altitude, Low Opening Though I enjoyed Joe's suggestion: Highly accelerated landing. Ouch! > 9 The 1994 comedy film "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" starring Jim Carrey is set in which US city? Miami > 10 Which 2008 rom-com starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand? Forgetting Sarah Marshall Singleton for Pete Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 569 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 24 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 24 Dan Blum 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 12 Bruce Bowler 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 11 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 Joe 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 2 3 2 5 5 2 2 2 1 27 45% Congratulations Mark and Dan B. Another tough set, with a larger spread than normal for some reason. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 25 09:02PM -0700 On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 2:27:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Dan Blum: > > it can walk across water > Oh, duh. :-( Good grief!, surely :-) cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 26 09:36AM +0200 > 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 Erland S As poor as my score might seem, it should be even poorer. I did not have Q5 right. I said Torino which is about 150 km west of Milano. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 26 12:30AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-17, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days. Sorry, I was distracted yesterday. Here we go now. > the surface of the Moon. Here's a round on the space race and NASA. > 1. How did the residents of Perth, Australia, get John Glenn's > attention during his historic flight on Friendship 7? They left every light in the city turned on overnight. Accepting any reference to signaling with lights. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 2. Within 2, what was the announced maximum age limit for the > 7 original Mercury astronauts? 40 (accepting 37-42). 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. I haven't found any definitive source that makes it clear whether they had to be *under* 40 or *no older than* 40. I am therefore accepting one extra year on the young side. The minimum age, by the way, was 25, with a similar ambiguity; and the actual ages of the selected astronauts at the time the selection was announced ranged from 32 (Cooper) to 37 (Glenn). > 3. What was the nationality of the first non-American to be included > in the crew of a US spacecraft? West German. "German" was sufficient. (Ulf Merbold, 1983.) > 4. What was significant about the mission to the Solar Max satellite > by the space shuttle Challenger in 1984? It was the first satellite to be repaired while in orbit. And I believe it was also the first mission to rendezvous with an unrelated satellite in orbit, so: 4 for Dan Tilque (the hard way). > 5. At the commissioning of the first US space shuttle, the theme > from what TV series was played? "Star Trek". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. The "first shuttle" was the Enterprise -- the one that never flew in space. It was originally planned to be named the Constitution, but after protests from "Star Trek" fans, the name Enterprise was selected instead, and "Star Trek" was commemorated in other ways. In the end, though, NASA realized that the orbiter fleet needed so many changes to be flight-ready that it was more cost-effective to modify the later shuttles already under construction than to upgrade the Enterprise to the new design; so, although commissioned, it never actually entered service. > 6. In a Cold War space-race "first" that was almost as worrisome > as Sputnik, what previously unseen celestial thing did a Russian > space probe photograph in 1959? The far side of the Moon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. What does EVA stand for, to astronauts? Extra-Vehicular Activity. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. Before they changed it to LM, what did NASA's acronym LEM stand for? Lunar Excursion Module. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. Already famous for one space "first", which astronaut was then > the first man to golf on the Moon? Alan Shepard (also the first American in space). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. The final moon mission in 1972 wasn't the end of Apollo. > What Apollo good-will mission took place on July 17, 1975? The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: docking and joint crew activities of the last Apollo capsule and a Soviet Soyuz capsule. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > classical or the borrowed version. But I think at least some of > the questions should be playable without the audio.) > 1. Martini's "Plaisir d'amour" inspired which Elvis Presley song? "Can't Help Falling in Love". 4 for Pete. > 2. Parts of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 were sampled for > which song that was a chart hit for Céline Dion and Eric Carmen? "All by Myself". 4 for Joshua. > 3. The 1970s hit "Joy" by Apollo 100 is a note-for-note electronica > version of one of classical music's most famous pieces. > Name the original composer. Johann Sebastian Bach. ("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".) "Bach" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua. > "Rocky" by using a classical piece called "15th Century Fanfare". > Name the composer of the "Rocky" theme, who was nominated for > an Oscar for this obvious thievery. Bill Conti. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > the "Battle on the Ice" theme providing the musical basis for a > summer blockbuster. Name the contemporary soundtrack composer > who lifted that music. John Williams. ("Jaws".) 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Bach's "Minuet in G" was rearranged note-for-note for a 1965 > pop hit by the Toys. What was the song's name? "A Lover's Concerto". 4 for Joshua. > 7. In the song "I Can" by Nas, name the classic that's being > sampled on piano. "Für Elise" (Beethoven.) > 8. Bach's "Orchestral Suite in D" was one of the inspirations for > a 1968 hit by a British band. Name the song *or* the band. "Whiter Shade of Pale", Procol Harum. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > 9. In the song "C U When You Get There", a classical piece is > sampled in the background. Name the composer of that piece. Johann Pachelbel. ("Canon in D".) > 10. Again with Elvis. Name the globally known Neapolitan song, > written in 1898 and popular with operatic tenors, that was > appropriated in "It's Now or Never". "'O Sole Mio" (music by Eduardo di Capua and, according to a posthumous court decision, Alfredo Mazzucchi). 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > hopeless pursuit of something unattainable -- in "Romeo and > Juliet", Act II, Scene IV, it referred to a horse race rather > than fowl. Wild-goose chase. (Mercutio's line is: "Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done. For thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits, than I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was I with you there for the goose?") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > both in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" and "As You Like It". > It actually first appeared in the anonymous play "Sir Thomas > More", which is often at least partially attributed to The Bard. Seen better days. (In "As You Like It", Duke Senior says: "True is it that we have seen better days, and have with holy bell been knoll'd to church, and sat at good men's feasts, and wip'd our eyes of drops that sacred pity hath engend'red; and therefore sit you down in gentleness, and take upon command what help we have that to your wanting may be minist'red.") > 3. In "As You Like It", Act IV, Scene I, Orlando utters this promise > of everlasting love when Rosalind asks him, "Now tell me how > long you would have her after you possessed her". For ever and a day. (That's the complete line. But in reply, Rosalind tells him to "Say 'a day' without the 'ever'".) 4 for Pete and Calvin. > 4. It is sometimes assumed that Lewis Carroll coined this famous > expression of the Queen of Hearts, but it appears in > Shakespeare's "Richard III", Act III, Scene IV. Off with his head. I accepted the plural. (Gloucester: "If? Thou protector of this damned strumpet, talk'st thou to me of ifs? Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear I will not dine until I see the same. Lovel and Ratcliff, look that it be done.") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > to be for their own good, and will be helpful for them in the > future, although it might be painful or hurtful at this moment. > Also a Nick Lowe song title. Cruel to be kind. (Hamlet, after killing Polonius: "For this same lord I do repent; but heaven hath pleasd it so, to punish me with this, and this with me, that I must be their scourge and minister. I will bestow him, and will answer well the death I gave him. So again, good night. I must be cruel, only to be kind: Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.") 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 6. From "The Merchant of Venice", Act II, Scene VI, this expression > means that we ignore or refuse to see our beloved's faults. Love is blind. (Jessica: "I am glad 'tis night, you do not look on me, for I am much asham' of my exchange. But love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit, for if they could, Cupid himself would blush to see me thus transformed to a boy.") 4 for Dan Tilque. > 7. Something considered to be the perfect specimen, the ne plus > ultra, this expression appears in "Macbeth", Act I, Scene VII. Be-all and end-all. (Macbeth: "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly. If th' assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch with his surcease success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all-here, but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come.") > 8. This chilly phrase, popularized by Shakespeare, means to do > or say something to relieve tension or start a conversation. > It appears in "The Taming of the Shrew", Act I, Scene II. Break the ice. (Tranio: "If it be so, sir, that you are the man must stead us all, and me amongst the rest; and if you break the ice, and do this feat, achieve the elder, set the younger free for our access, whose hap shall be to have her will not so graceless be to be ingrate.") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum (Dab), Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. Uttered by the porter in "Macbeth", Act II, Scene III, this > line is the opening line of too many children's and dad jokes. Knock, knock, who's there? (The porter says, in part: "Knock, knock, knock. Who's there, i' th' name of Belzebub? Here's a farmer that hanged himself on the expectation of plenty: come in time; have napkins enow about you; here you'll sweat for't. Knock, knock! Who's there, i' th' other devil's name? Faith, here's an equivocator, that could swear in both the scales against either scale, who committed treason enough for God's sake, yet could not equivocate to heaven: O, come in, equivocator. Knock, knock, knock! Who's there? Faith, here's an English tailor come hither, for stealing out of a French hose: come in, tailor; here you may roast your goose.") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 10. Most people think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coined this famous > expression meaning that the process is underway. Shakespeare, > however, used it first in "Henry V", Act III, Scene I. The game's afoot. (King Henry: "For there is none of you so mean and base, that hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit, and upon this charge cry, "God for Harry! England and St. George!") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST TOPICS-> Can Ent Sci Aud Lit THREE Joshua Kreitzer 33 36 28 28 24 97 Pete Gayde 25 28 20 20 20 73 Dan Tilque 20 4 36 0 16 72 Dan Blum 21 20 16 2 24 65 "Calvin" 0 11 7 11 12 34 -- Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with. Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well." msb@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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