- QFTCIRS Current Events 1-2 answers - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #576 - 3 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 27 01:28PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. Two of the candidates in the riding of Beauce [sounds like > "boats" without the T] are Maxime Bernier of the People's > Party of Canada -- and Maxime Bernier of what party? Rhinoceros Party. It's the guy on the right here: http://i.cbc.ca/1.5278907.1568205938!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/maxime-bernier-rhino-beauce.jpg Here's the other Bernier: http://i.cbc.ca/1.5033508.1563474763!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/bernier-outremont-candidate-20190127.jpg > 7 charges laid. He was accused of sharing or preparing to > share safeguarded or operational information with a foreign > entity or terrorist group. Name him. Cameron Ortis. > special edition, "Monopoly Socialism", Hasbro announced it > was launching a new edition of Monopoly, which has now gone > on pre-sale. What is the name of this newest edition? "Ms. Monopoly". 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum and Bruce. > 4. Mississauga announced last week it would hold a rally at > Celebration Square on Sunday (yesterday) to honor US Open winner > Bianca Andreescu. What is the *name* of the rally? She the North. > 5. Saturday morning, the world's largest oil-processing plant > was attacked, taking out nearly 5% of the global daily output. > Name either the plant or the Yemeni rebels who said they did it. Abigaig, Houthi. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 6. On Monday evening, Donald Trump tweeted that he had fired his > National Security Advisor. Who? John Bolton. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Erland, and Bruce. > 7. Actress Felicity Huffman received her sentence in the college > cheating scandal last week. The sentence included a fine, > community service, and how long in prison? 14 days. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Bruce. 3 for Pete. > 8. This singer, known for "Two Tickets to Paradise" And "Take Me > Home Tonight", passed away Friday. Who? Eddie Money. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Bruce. > 9. This Team Canada bobsleigh (i.e. bobsled) team member announced > she is seeking her release so she can try out for the US team. > Name her. Kaillie Humphries. > 10. Mitch Marner and the Leafs finally reached a deal. Within > $500,000, how much is the 6-year deal worth? You must answer > in US dollars, since that's what he's getting paid in. $65,358,000 (accepting $64,858,000-$65,858,000). > it made him and his father Craig the second father-son duo in > major-league baseball to both do it. Name him. (The surname > is sufficient.) Cavan Biggio. 4 for Pete. > announced they are stepping away from the sport after 22 years > as on-ice partners. Name them both -- sorry, asking for just > one name would've been too easy. Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir. > 3. This week the board of the London Stock Exchange comprehensively > rejected *whose* shock Ł32,000,000,000 takeover attempt? The Hong Kong stock exchange. (Or to be precise, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. > 4. GM workers in Oshawa and St. Catharines were temporarily laid > off late last week. Why? (Shortage of parts due to) a UAW strike in the US. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 5. The 2019 TIFF wrapped up last week, with the Grolsch People's > Choice Award going to what movie? "Jojo Rabbit". > 6. Also at TIFF, which movie received the $30,000 Canada Goose > award for the best Canadian feature film? "Antigone". > Resort off the coast of Tanzania, where he was staying with his > girlfriend Kenesha Antoine in an underwater room. What was he > doing at the time? Proposing marriage. 4 for Pete and Erland. Here's the underwater room: http://www.themantaresort.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sleeping-under-water-at-night-at-your-honeymoon-705x520.jpg It costs $1,700 per night -- I assume that's US dollars -- with a minimum 3-night stay. It's located about 250-300 m (800-1,000 feet) offshore and 10 m (30-35 feet) below the surface. Weber wrote a note, enclosed it in a plastic bag, swam down to the outside of the room, and held the note up to the window. Antoine accepted the proposal. But the note began with the words "I can't hold my breath long enough to tell you everything I love about you" -- and, sadly, it seems he was right. After that awful story, here's a picture of a couple who had a more pleasant surprise immediately after they became engaged: http://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/deer-bomb-2.jpg And while I'm on the theme, some similar wedding-day surprises that I came across while searching: http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAHy0j7.img http://cdn.extra.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15125045/deer.jpg http://amp.insider.com/images/5d76844e6f24eb17ad27f785-750-563.jpg (Nf gb gur ynfg bar: lrf, gurl qvq yrg vg rng gur sybjref.) > 8. On Friday an appeals court in California upheld the denial of > parole for which former Manson follower? Lesley Van Houten. > 9. Also on Friday, hundreds of citizens took to the streets in Cairo > and other Egyptian cities. Name the person whose removal they > were calling for. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. I accepted "Sirsi". 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Erland. > "Science", bird populations in Canada and the US have declined > since 1970 by what percentage? Answer within 4 percentage > points. 29% (accepting 25-33%). 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 2 for Dan Blum. Three people tried the answser 23%. Was that a coincidence or did that come from a similar news story elsewhere? Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 TOTALS Pete Gayde 11 20 31 Dan Blum 19 6 25 Bruce Bowler 15 8 23 Joshua Kreitzer 20 0 20 Erland Sommarskog 8 12 20 Dan Tilque 4 12 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?" "I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 27 11:36PM +0200 > 2 for Dan Blum. > Three people tried the answser 23%. Was that a coincidence or did > that come from a similar news story elsewhere? In my case at least it was a coincidence. I just picked a number that seemed decently likely. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 27 01:34PM On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:29:14 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 2 Which 2013 sci-fi thriller starred Sandra Bullock and George > Clooney as astronauts stranded in space? > 3 Which alcoholic spirit is sometimes known (particularly in England) as > Mother's Ruin? Gin? > 4 Which video game franchise has instalments set in Vice City and > Liberty City, among others? > 5 What ingredient is present in a pizza rossa, but not a pizza bianca? Tomato sauce > 6 The 2019 Tour de France commenced Brussels, in tribute to which 5- time > winner of the race? Eddie Mercx (spelling probably butchered) > 7 On which island on the Seine river in central Paris is Notre Dame > cathedral located? Ile de la Cite > 8 Dendrochronology is the scientific method of estimating the age of > certain objects by analysing what? Tree rings > 9 Lois Griffin and Glenn Quagmire are > characters in which animated TV series? Family Guy > 10 Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine to save which Australian > mammal from facial tumour disease? Tasmanian Devils |
| Joe <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Sep 27 05:25PM +0100 On 2019-09-27 00:29:14 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 The Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin befriended the royal family of which > European country? Russia > 2 Which 2013 sci-fi thriller starred Sandra Bullock and George Clooney > as astronauts stranded in space? Gravity > 3 Which alcoholic spirit is sometimes known (particularly in England) > as Mother's Ruin? Gin > 4 Which video game franchise has instalments set in Vice City and > Liberty City, among others? GTA > 5 What ingredient is present in a pizza rossa, but not a pizza bianca? Tomatoes? > 6 The 2019 Tour de France commenced Brussels, in tribute to which > 5-time winner of the race? Eddie Mercx? > 7 On which island on the Seine river in central Paris is Notre Dame > cathedral located? Ile de la Cite > 8 Dendrochronology is the scientific method of estimating the age of > certain objects by analysing what? Hair? > 9 Lois Griffin and Glenn Quagmire are characters in which animated TV series? > 10 Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine to save which Australian > mammal from facial tumour disease? Tasmanian Devil |
| Joe <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Sep 27 08:46PM +0100 On 2019-09-27 16:25:44 +0000, Joe said: >> 8 Dendrochronology is the scientific method of estimating the age of >> certain objects by analysing what? > Hair? I was thinking of Dandruffchronology. -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
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