| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 10:21PM -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*)". Now Game 5 is over, and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! > 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. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Which country is composed chiefly of North Island, South Island, > and Stewart Island? New Zealand. 4 for everyone. > 3. The Indian Ocean borders Australia. Name *either* of the two > seas that also border Australia. Coral Sea, Tasman Sea. And some others, Calvin believes. 4 for Calvin (the hard way), Erland, Joshua (the hard way), Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. How many states are in Australia? 6. (The other parts are territories.) 4 for Calvin, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Name *any one* of the three principal exports of the island > nation of Vanuatu. Coffee, cocoa, beef. 2 for Pete. > 6. Where does Australia rank among nations by area? 6th. (Brazil is 5th, India a rather distant 7th.) 4 for Calvin and Erland. 3 for Pete. > 7. Within 10,000 years, how long ago did the first aborigines > arrive in Australia? Estimates vary from 45,000 to 80,000 years, it turns out, so I'm accepting 35,000 to 90,000. 4 for Calvin (the hard way), Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 8. What maritime-minded name is given to the geographic region > comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia? Oceania. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > 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. 4 for Joshua. > 10. What are the colors of the Australian flag? Red, white, blue <http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au.gif>. 4 for everyone. (Oops, a 3-part answer.) Erland adds "like most others". Not so; actually only about 1/8 of all countries have flags using shades of those three colors and no others. One list is: Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia, France, Iceland, Laos, Liberia, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Russia, Samoa, Slovakia, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, US. Some countries have multiple versions of their flag, with and without a coat of arms or similar, and this as well as the issue of what countries are independent will affect the exact count. However, on that list, Australia, Russia, and the US do account by themselves for almost 1/4 of the world's inhabitable land area, if everything but Antarctica counts as "inhabitable"... > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - In Honor of Pride Month This was the hardest round in the original game. > 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. James Baldwin. 4 for Joshua. > 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. "Funny Boy". > 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. Michael Sam. > 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*. Gillian Apps, Meghan Duggan (respectively). > 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. 4 for everyone. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 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? Rex Harrington. > McGuinty he was appointed Minister of Health and Deputy > Premier, also making him the province's first openly gay > cabinet minister. Who? George Smitherman. > E1. This successful Toronto theater, founded in 1979, developed > a distinctly queer aesthetic and practice under the direction > of Skye Gilbert. Name it. Buddies in Bad Times. > E2. Termed "the Queer Now magazine", name the Toronto free > weekly newspaper that covers news and popular culture > through an LGBQT2 lens. "Xtra". > * 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. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > F2. What did the Nazis make gay prisoners wear on their uniforms > in the concentration camps? Pink triangles. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 5 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Ent Sci Aud Lit His Mis Geo Cha SEVEN Joshua Kreitzer 33 36 28 28 24 32 36 28 16 221 Dan Blum 21 20 16 2 24 36 28 20 16 165 Pete Gayde 25 28 20 20 20 24 20 24 12 161 Dan Tilque 20 4 36 0 16 36 12 28 12 160 "Calvin" 0 11 7 11 12 32 0 31 4 108 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- -- 20 0 32 8 60 -- Mark Brader | "I do have an idea ... based on the quite obvious fact Toronto | that the number two is ridiculous and can't exist." msb@vex.net | -- Ben Denison (Isaac Asimov, "The Gods Themselves") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 01 09:57AM +0200 > Erland adds "like most others". Not so; actually only about 1/8 of > all countries have flags using shades of those three colors and no > others. Well, at 1/8 you can't say it is a particular original combination. Compare that to those that have blue and yellow! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 10:27PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-24, 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 6, Round 2 - Entertainment - Confusing Celebrities, or Why Jim Gets Confused Sometimes *You* try to keep track of all those lookalikes, and soundalike names, in the entertainment world! In fact, we're going to make you do that right now. In each case, give us the names we're looking for. (This round was deeply affected by the new rule against two-part answers.) There were no decoys on the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-2/confu.jpg And I have sorted this round in order of it. 1. In A, two guys with the same first name. Name the one on the *right*. 2. In B, two actresses with the same first and last name. One's a former Miss America. Give their shared name. 3. In C, a former Destiny's Child singer and an Oscar-nominated actress. Again, they have the same first and last name. Give their shared name. 4. In D, same initials, same last name. Name the one on the left. 5. In E, they have similar-sounding names. One won an Oscar for her role in a Woody Allen movie, one starred in "American Beauty". Name either. 6. In F, three guys, similar sounding names. One's a Canadian. Name any of them. 7. In G, two lookalikes. One starred in "New Girl", one is a singer who Kissed a Girl. Name either one. 8. In H, a major recording artist and the actor who played Harry Potter's best friend. Name either one. 9. In I, two Canadians, same first name. Name the one who's *never* been nominated for an Oscar. 10. There are two well-known actors in J -- one deceased -- with the same first name. Same initials. Name either one. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba cvpgherf O-R, T, U, naq W jr arrq svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir gur fheanzr, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr lbhe nafjre. Sbe gur bgure guerr gur fheanzr vf fhssvpvrag, fb qba'g punatr jung lbh chg. * Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Sports - Let's Go Blue Jays, Eh? The slogan "We the North" is already taken, but Major League Baseball knew we were the North on 1977-04-07 when it snowed at the first-ever Blue Jays game. This round is on Canadian baseball players, and some answers may repeat. Answers #1-6 played for the Blue Jays: 1. The first Canadian to play for the Jays got the game-winning RBI in that first-ever game. He later spent 35 seasons as a coach with different teams. Name this Vancouver native who's in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. 2. Four Canadians played for both the Jays and the Montreal Expos. Name any of them. 3. Name the catcher who has the Jays record for most home runs by a Canadian, with 66. 4. Name either of the runners-up for most Jays' home runs by a Canadian, one with 43 and he other with 32. 5. 1996 was the first year when Canadians were both on the Jays' roster on Canada Day. They were both pitchers and both were named Paul. Name either of them. 6. Two Canadians *not* named Paul playing for the Jays on Canada Day wouldn't happen until 2012. Their first names were Bret and Scott. Give either of their surnames. Answers #7-10 did not play for the Jays. 7. This pitcher from Quebec won the Cy Young Award in 2003 while playing with the L.A. Dodgers. Name him. 8. This Toronto native has played his entire major-league career with the Cincinnati Reds. He's a 6-time all-star and a National League MVP. Name him. 9. In 2014, Canadian Justin Morneau signed with the Colorado Rockies and requested #33, in honour of a fellow Canuck who was a previous Rockie and a former Expo. Name that fellow Canuck. 10. This 5'8" second baseman from Windsor -- with perhaps the funniest name in baseball -- only made it to the majors for a cup of coffee with the Cardinals (he's now their first base coach). But he was a key player on the Canadian Olympic baseball team in 2004. Name him. -- 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. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 31 09:01PM -0700 On 7/31/19 8:27 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > been nominated for an Oscar. > 10. There are two well-known actors in J -- one deceased -- with > the same first name. Same initials. Name either one. Robin Williams > of coffee with the Cardinals (he's now their first base coach). > But he was a key player on the Canadian Olympic baseball team > in 2004. Name him. Why don't they ask which Canadian pitched a no hitter *against* the Jays at Rogers Centre? I know that answer. (Or maybe you could ask it next time you write a quiz.) -- Dan Tilque |
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