| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 28 11:53PM -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 9 - Geography - Australasia Here's a round on Australasia -- a catch-all term, first coined in the 18th Century, for Australia and the island countries around it. 1. Which country's capital is Port Moresby? 2. Which country is composed chiefly of North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island? 3. The Indian Ocean borders Australia. Name *either* of the two seas that also border Australia. 4. How many states are in Australia? 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island nation of Vanuatu. 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines arrive in Australia? 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? 9. This island nation, near both the equator and the International Date Line, is composed of 1,156 individual islands and islets. Its capital is Majuro. Name it. 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - In Honor of Pride Month * A. LGBTQ Authors A1. His first novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain", and his book of essays "Notes of a Native Son", concentrated on race. But his second novel "Giovanni's Room" scandalized literary circles with its homoerotic content. Name that author. A2. Shyam Selvadurai's debut novel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Male Fiction and the Books in Canada First Novel Award. It is a coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the racial tensions leading up to the 1983 riots in Sri Lanka. Name the novel. * B. LGBTQ Athletes B1. In the 2014, this U of Missouri defensive end became the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team when he was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round. Name him. B2. Last September, a former forward for the Canadian women's hockey team, married a forward for the US women's hockey team. Name *either*. * C. LGBTQ Scientists C1. This English mathematician and computer scientist received a posthumous pardon from Queen Elizabeth II over his prosecution and chemical castration for "gross indecency". He died in 1954, possibly by suicide. Who? C2. In her work, this influential cultural anthropologist proposed that a person's sexual orientation should evolve over time. Indeed she was married three times to men, but spent the end of her life romantically involved with fellow anthropologist Rhoda Metraux. Who? * D. Famous LGBTQ Canadians D1. This principal dancer and artist-in-residence for the National Ballet competed with his fiance Bob Hope on the second season of "The Amazing Race Canada". Who? D2. This Canadian politician and broadcaster was the first openly gay member of Ontario's provincial government. Under Dalton McGuinty he was appointed Minister of Health and Deputy Premier, also making him the province's first openly gay cabinet minister. Who? * E. Queer in Toronto E1. This successful Toronto theater, founded in 1979, developed a distinctly queer aesthetic and practice under the direction of Skye Gilbert. Name it. E2. Termed "the Queer Now magazine", name the Toronto free weekly newspaper that covers news and popular culture through an LGBQT2 lens. * F. Historical Homophobia F1. Name the mafia-owned inn in New York that gave its name to a series of trans- and drag-led riots in June 1969. F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms in the concentration camps? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Using the wrong software counts as "user error". msb@vex.net | --Julian Lighton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 28 10:19PM -0700 On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 2:53:27 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Here's a round on Australasia -- a catch-all term, first coined in > the 18th Century, for Australia and the island countries around it. > 1. Which country's capital is Port Moresby? Papua New Guinea > 2. Which country is composed chiefly of North Island, South Island, > and Stewart Island? New Zealand > 3. The Indian Ocean borders Australia. Name *either* of the two > seas that also border Australia. Coral, Tasman Arafura too I suspect > 4. How many states are in Australia? 6 > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. Tourism > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? Sixth > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? 50,000, 70,000 It is not known with any degree of certainty. Most estimates range from 40,000 years to 70,000, but it could have been even earlier. > 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region > comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? Oceania, South Pacific > 9. This island nation, near both the equator and the International > Date Line, is composed of 1,156 individual islands and islets. > Its capital is Majuro. Name it. Federated States of Micronesia > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? Red, white and blue. > a posthumous pardon from Queen Elizabeth II over his > prosecution and chemical castration for "gross indecency". > He died in 1954, possibly by suicide. Who? Turing > over time. Indeed she was married three times to men, > but spent the end of her life romantically involved with > fellow anthropologist Rhoda Metraux. Who? de Bouvoir? > a series of trans- and drag-led riots in June 1969. > F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms > in the concentration camps? cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 29 09:08AM +0200 > Here's a round on Australasia -- a catch-all term, first coined in > the 18th Century, for Australia and the island countries around it. > 1. Which country's capital is Port Moresby? Papua New Guinea > 2. Which country is composed chiefly of North Island, South Island, > and Stewart Island? New Zealand > 3. The Indian Ocean borders Australia. Name *either* of the two > seas that also border Australia. Sea of Tasman > 4. How many states are in Australia? Six > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. The result of bird droppings > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 6th > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? 40000 > 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region > comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? Oceania > 9. This island nation, near both the equator and the International > Date Line, is composed of 1,156 individual islands and islets. > Its capital is Majuro. Name it. Kiribati > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? Blue, white and red like most others. > a posthumous pardon from Queen Elizabeth II over his > prosecution and chemical castration for "gross indecency". > He died in 1954, possibly by suicide. Who? Alan Turing > F1. Name the mafia-owned inn in New York that gave its name to > a series of trans- and drag-led riots in June 1969. Stonewll |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 28 07:15PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fpqdndGvUpSlDafAnZ2dnUU7- > 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 > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. Garfield > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. Billy the Kid > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. Billy the Kid > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. President Kennedy > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert Kennedy > 9. Patrick James Whelan, Ottawa, 1868. > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Rabin > 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". Sukkot > 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head > of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? Yom Kippur > 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? Channukah > 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew > expression of congratulations? Mazel Tov > 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? 12 > 7. How many books are there in the Torah? 5 > it is considered a day to celebrate nature. It is the new year > of what? > 9. What is Yom HaShoah? Holocaust Rememberance Day > in which they eat and (sometimes) sleep. The Hebrew word > for this holiday translates to "booths" or "tabernacles". > Name the holiday. Sukkot Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 28 04:15PM -0700 On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 3:31:42 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. Garfield > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. James > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. Hickok > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Franz Ferdinand > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. King > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Oswald > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Kennedy > 9. Patrick James Whelan, Ottawa, 1868. > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Sadat > * Game 5, Round 8 - Miscellanous - Jewish Holidays and Practices Pass cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 28 11:48PM -0500 Mark Brader: > We tell you the assassin, the year, and something about the place; > you identify the person assassinated. > 1. Leon Czolgosz, Buffalo, New York, 1901. US President William McKinley. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 2. Charles J. Guiteau, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, 1881. US President James Garfield. (In Washington.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 3. Robert Ford, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882. Jesse James. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 4. Jack McCall, Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876. James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. (Deadwood is now in South Dakota.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 5. Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie. Either one was sufficient. (Sarajevo was then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.) 4 for everyone. > 6. James Earl Ray, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 4 for everyone. > 7. Jack Ruby, Dallas, Texas, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 8. Sirhan Sirhan, Los Angeles, 1968. Robert F. Kennedy. "Kennedy" was sufficient. 4 for everyone. > 9. Patrick James Whelan, Ottawa, 1868. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, MP. > 10. Yigal Amir, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1995. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 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". Purim. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. The name for the Jewish new year literally translates as "Head > of the Year". What is the name of this fall holiday? Rosh Hashanah. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. The 9-armed menorah is associated with which Jewish holiday? Channukah. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 4. What phrase, literally translated as "good stars", is a Hebrew > expression of congratulations? Mazel tov. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 5. On Shabbat, the challah (bread) is covered while the blessing > over wine is said. Why? So it doesn't get jealous. > 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? 10. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 7. How many books are there in the Torah? 5. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 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? Trees. 4 for Joshua. > 9. What is Yom HaShoah? Holocaust Remembrance Day. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > in which they eat and (sometimes) sleep. The Hebrew word > for this holiday translates to "booths" or "tabernacles". > Name the holiday. Sukkot. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 5 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Ent Sci Aud Lit His Mis FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 33 36 28 28 24 32 36 165 Dan Blum 21 20 16 2 24 36 28 129 Dan Tilque 20 4 36 0 16 36 12 120 Pete Gayde 25 28 20 20 20 24 20 117 "Calvin" 0 11 7 11 12 32 0 73 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- -- 20 0 20 -- Mark Brader "Male got pregnant -- on the first try." Toronto Newsweek article on high-tech conception msb@vex.net November 30, 1987 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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