- QFTCIUA19 Current Events 9-10 - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 5, Rounds 9-10: Australasia, Pride challenge - 3 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 29 10:53PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 9 (2019-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Which prominent African-American historian and civil rights activist was found dead in the trunk of her car in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 15? 2. According to reports, which British actress is replacing Daniel Craig as Agent 007? 3. This anti-Apartheid musician-activist nicknamed "the White Zulu" died this week. Name him. 4. Which country won the World Cup of Cricket for the first time in 40 years an upsetting New Zealand? 5. William Nylander will be wearing a new number for the Maple Leafs next season. But he's made an offer to fans who bought his old merch to update the number out of his own pocket. Give either his previous number or his new number. 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? 7. Warren Appleby, a Toronto special-effects technician, died from an explosion while testing an effect for a superhero show that's filmed in Toronto. Name that show. 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. 9. President Trump named the son of a late US Supreme Court judge to be his new Labor Secretary. Name that secretary. 10. After an 18-month investigation, York Regional Police laid gambling-related loan-sharking charges against 9 people with alleged ties to organized crime -- specifically, to which Ontario mafia family or to which Calabrese Italian crime group? Name either. * Game 10 (2019-07-29), Round 1 - Current Events 1. The late Roy Halladay was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Which team was he inducted as a member of? 2. Marvel announced this week that Canadian Simu Liu will play their first Asian superhero. Liu currently stars in which popular Canadian TV show? 3. John Tory underwent surgery this week to fix what? 4. In the UK, Boris Johnson won the Conservative leadership and has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was he born? Be more specific than just the country. 5. The food corporation Restaurant Brands International announced plans to open 1,500 restaurants of which of its franchises in China? 6. Name either of the two teenagers from British Columbia who are subject to a nation-wide manhunt. 7. Among the 11 people arrested by the RCMP in an Ontario-wide drug bust this week were two airline employees who worked out of Toronto Pearson International Airport. *Which airline* did they work for? 8. After winning Saturday's penultimate stage of the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first person from *what country* to win it? 9. The death this week of a 54-year-old former provincial health minister is subject to a sudden-death investigation by the Toronto police and fire services. Name that late politico. 10. Toronto city workers digging along Bloor St. discovered a granite boulder more than 1,000,000,000 years old. The Annex Business Improvement Area (BIA) is planning to do *what* with it? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Remember that computers are very, msb@vex.net very fast..." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 30 12:04PM +0200 > * Game 9 (2019-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events > 4. Which country won the World Cup of Cricket for the first time > in 40 years an upsetting New Zealand? Australia? > Leafs next season. But he's made an offer to fans who bought > his old merch to update the number out of his own pocket. > Give either his previous number or his new number. 17 > 6. Thanks to Facebook, more than 1,000,000 people have RSVPed to > do *what* at 3 am PST on September 20? Storm an area in New Mexico where they think the US military are holding aliens in captivity. > 8. Name the American rapper who who's being held in jail in Sweden > pending an assault investigation and who President Trump has > vowed to free on behalf of his friend Kanye West. A$AP Rocky. The trial ends on Friday, and I would expect that the court releases him soon after than, as the sentence is likely to be in par with the time he has already spent in captivity. > has joined the ranks of bad-haired world leaders. Unlike the US, > there is no rule against requiring birth in Britain. Where was > he born? Be more specific than just the country. New York City, USA > de France, Egan Bernal had effectively won the whole race, > with only a processional final stage to go. He's the first > person from *what country* to win it? Colombia > 10. Toronto city workers digging along Bloor St. discovered a > granite boulder more than 1,000,000,000 years old. The Annex > Business Improvement Area (BIA) is planning to do *what* with it? Put it up as a monument. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 29 12:56PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GpudncyHao1f5qPAnZ2dnUU7- > 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 Sea; Tasman Sea > 4. How many states are in Australia? 6 > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 7th; 8th > 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. Marshall Islands > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? red, white, and blue > 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. Baldwin > 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 > * 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. Stonewall Inn > F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms > in the concentration camps? pink triangle -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 29 01:52PM > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Geography - Australasia > 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 Sea > 4. How many states are in Australia? 5 > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. bauxite; guano > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 4th > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? 70,000 years > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? Blue, red, and white > 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 > 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? Margaret Mead > * 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. Stonewall > F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms > in the concentration camps? pink triangles -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 30 01:12AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GpudncyHao1f5qPAnZ2dnUU7- > 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. Tasman > 4. How many states are in Australia? 8; 9 > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. Bananas; Coffee > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 6; 7 > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? 50,000; 30,000 > 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region > comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? Windward Islands > 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? 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 > * 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. Stonewall > F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms > in the concentration camps? Pink triangle Pete Gayde |
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