- QFTCIUA19 Game 8, Rounds 9-10: movie taglines, to the Moon - 3 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 8, Rounds 7-8 answers: Greek letters, athlete-pols - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #573 - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 08:57PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-15, 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 8, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Taglines Simple enough: we'll give you the movie tagline and the year, and you name the movie. Note: if any of them are sequels, we'll need the specific title. 1. "Garbo laughs!" (1939) 2. "Where were you in '62?" (1973) 3. "It's scrumdidlyumptious!" (1971) 4. "The monster demands a mate!" (1935) 5. "An adventure 65 million years in the making!" (1993) 6. "They're young, they're in love... and they kill people!" (1967) 7. "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." (1980) 8. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." (1978) 9. "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future." (1967) 10. "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultraviolence and Beethoven." (1971) ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - One Giant Leap As you may have heard, July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. So here's a round where every category has a lunar aspect -- if not in the question, then in the answer. * A. Major-League Moons A1. This new National Football League franchise was awarded in 1965 to lawyer Joe Robbie and actor Danny Thomas. In a contest to name the team, the name Moons was one of the finalists, but an aquatic creature was eventually used. Name that franchise. (City and chosen team name.) A2. This L.A.-born quarterback spent most of his career with the Houston Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos. He was the first black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name him. * B. Lunar "Oceans" The lunar "maria" or "seas" are, of course, not seas at all, but large, dark, basaltic plains that were imagined as oceanic from Earth. Here are questions about a couple of them. Please answer in English. B1. Name the "sea" where Apollo 11's lunar lander touched down on July 20, 1969. B2. Name any of the three other "seas" upon which Apollo missions landed. * C. Under the Moon I Croon, or Lunar Lyrics C1. As sung by Sinatra, this song secondarily demands, "let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars". Give the song's title (which is also the opening line). C2. In its opening verse, this R.E.M. song names wrestler Fred Blassie, Mott the Hoople, and of course comedian Andy Kaufman. Name it. Exact title required. * D. Lunar Lit D1. In Jules Verne's 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon", how was the capsule containing the first three (yes, three) lunar travelers launched from Earth? D2. In 1901's "The First Men in the Moon", the craft in which an inventor and a London businessman reach the moon is propelled by repelling gravity with an element called cavorite. Who wrote "The First Men in the Moon"? * E. The Moon in Religion E1. Which religion recognizes the moon god Chandra, also known as Soma? E2. The moon retained its immaculate symbolism with the conversion to Christianity, and the crescent moon has a rich iconographic connection with which New Testament character? * F. Apollo's Canadian Connection On June 26, Canada Post unveiled stamps honoring two Canadians' contribution to the moon mission. F1. The head of engineering for Project Mercury, Kamloops-born Jim Chamberlin is credited with discrediting one approach to the moon landing in favor of another. What was his preferred idea? F2. The chief engineer of the Apollo project, Sarnia native Owen Maynard made the first sketches and went on to design what key Apollo delivery vehicle? -- Mark Brader | "... [A]toms and universes are the same. All the Toronto | world is recursive, and that's why we never msb@vex.net | know where to begin." -- Charles Goldfarb My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 05 03:36AM > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Taglines > 2. "Where were you in '62?" (1973) Easy Rider; Hair > 4. "The monster demands a mate!" (1935) King Kong > 5. "An adventure 65 million years in the making!" (1993) Jurassic Park > 6. "They're young, they're in love... and they kill people!" (1967) Bonnie and Clyde > 7. "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." (1980) The Blues Brothers > 8. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." > (1978) Jaws II > 9. "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future." > (1967) The Graduate > 10. "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests > are rape, ultraviolence and Beethoven." (1971) A Clockwork Orange > a contest to name the team, the name Moons was one of the > finalists, but an aquatic creature was eventually used. > Name that franchise. (City and chosen team name.) Miami Dolphins > the Houston Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos. He was the first > black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of > Fame. Name him. Warren Moon > * B. Lunar "Oceans" > B1. Name the "sea" where Apollo 11's lunar lander touched down > on July 20, 1969. Sea of Tranquility > C1. As sung by Sinatra, this song secondarily demands, "let me > see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars". Give the > song's title (which is also the opening line). Fly Me To the Moon > C2. In its opening verse, this R.E.M. song names wrestler > Fred Blassie, Mott the Hoople, and of course comedian > Andy Kaufman. Name it. Exact title required. Man in the Moon > D1. In Jules Verne's 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon", > how was the capsule containing the first three (yes, three) > lunar travelers launched from Earth? cannon > an inventor and a London businessman reach the moon is > propelled by repelling gravity with an element called > cavorite. Who wrote "The First Men in the Moon"? H. G. Wells > * E. The Moon in Religion > E1. Which religion recognizes the moon god Chandra, also known > as Soma? Hinduism > F2. The chief engineer of the Apollo project, Sarnia native Owen > Maynard made the first sketches and went on to design what > key Apollo delivery vehicle? Saturn V -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 04 11:41PM -0700 On 9/4/19 6:57 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > need the specific title. > 1. "Garbo laughs!" (1939) > 2. "Where were you in '62?" (1973) American Graffiti > 3. "It's scrumdidlyumptious!" (1971) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory > 4. "The monster demands a mate!" (1935) Bride of Frankenstein > 5. "An adventure 65 million years in the making!" (1993) > 6. "They're young, they're in love... and they kill people!" (1967) Bonnie and Clyde > 7. "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." (1980) The Blues Brothers > 8. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." > (1978) Jaws > 9. "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future." > (1967) The Graduate > 10. "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests > are rape, ultraviolence and Beethoven." (1971) A Clockwork Orange > a contest to name the team, the name Moons was one of the > finalists, but an aquatic creature was eventually used. > Name that franchise. (City and chosen team name.) Miami Dolphins > the Houston Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos. He was the first > black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of > Fame. Name him. Warren Moon > in English. > B1. Name the "sea" where Apollo 11's lunar lander touched down > on July 20, 1969. Mare Tranquillitatis > B2. Name any of the three other "seas" upon which Apollo > missions landed. Sea of Rains > C2. In its opening verse, this R.E.M. song names wrestler > Fred Blassie, Mott the Hoople, and of course comedian > Andy Kaufman. Name it. Exact title required. Man on the Moon > D1. In Jules Verne's 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon", > how was the capsule containing the first three (yes, three) > lunar travelers launched from Earth? shot out of a cannon > an inventor and a London businessman reach the moon is > propelled by repelling gravity with an element called > cavorite. Who wrote "The First Men in the Moon"? H G Wells > * E. The Moon in Religion > E1. Which religion recognizes the moon god Chandra, also known > as Soma? Hinduism > E2. The moon retained its immaculate symbolism with the > conversion to Christianity, and the crescent moon has a rich > iconographic connection with which New Testament character? Mary, mother of God > Jim Chamberlin is credited with discrediting one approach > to the moon landing in favor of another. What was his > preferred idea? launch entire mission on a single rocket > F2. The chief engineer of the Apollo project, Sarnia native Owen > Maynard made the first sketches and went on to design what > key Apollo delivery vehicle? Lunar Excursion Module -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 08:55PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. A version of a software product that is still in its development > stage, but is released for testing purposes, is referred to by > this letter. Beta. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 2. This letter is used to represent a photon (in layman's terms, > a "packet" of electromagnetic energy), as well as a high-energy > form of electromagnetic radiation. Gamma. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 3. A triangular area of alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river > is named after this letter, because its shape resembles this > letter in upper case. Delta. 4 for everyone. > is used in math as a symbol for a very small quantity, and in > physics for the permittivity of a medium. Is it also used in > math to express set membership. Epsilon. 4 for everyone. > 5. This letter, the 8th in the Greek alphabet, is very commonly > used as a symbol for a plane angle in trigonometry and geometry. Theta. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > the wavelength of a wave in physics. It also lends its name > to a phage (a small virus that infects only bacteria) that > inhabits the bacterium E. coli. Lambda. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > function, named in honor of the German mathematician August > Ferdinand Möbius, who introduced it in 1931. In particle > physics it is used to denote a subatomic particle, the muon. Mu. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. The particle named "muon" having the symbol "mu" is no coincidence but it also is not a simple matter of shortening. When the particle was first discovered it was believed to be the first known instance of an until then hypothetical type of particle that had been named a "mesotron", and the symbol "mu" represented the first letter of that word. As more types were discovered, "mesotron" was soon shortened to "meson" and the specific types were named after the symbols that had been used for them; so the first known type became the "mu meson", or "muon" for short. But later it was realized that the muon was not a meson after all, and the shortened name became its only name. > is frequently used as a symbol for the frequency of a wave. > In particle physics it is used as the symbol for any of three > kinds of neutrinos. Nu. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 2 for Pete. > 9. The 16th letter in the Greek alphabet, it is used to denote a > key value in the equation for the circumference of a circle. Pi. 4 for everyone. > 10. The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name to > entire classes of fatty acids. Omega. 4 for everyone. In case you didn't notice, the questions were sorted so that the answers were in order of the Greek alphabet. This was also done in the original game without its being called attention to. > you for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice > training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case, > name that athletic politico. This was the hardest round in the original game. > quarterback spent four terms in the US House of Representatives > before resigning in 2006 to run (unsuccessfully) for Governor > of Oklahoma. Steve Largent. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. As Pete was the first to note, the question is wrong. In fact it's doubly wrong. Largent's position was wide receiver (perhaps someone had him confused with J.C. Watts, see below, who was also interested in becoming governor of Oklahoma). Also, it was 2002 when Largent resigned from Congress to run unsuccessfully for governor. Sorry about that, but on this sort of topic I'm generally going to assume the question-setters have it right. > in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the > first African-American to be elected to Congress from any > Southern state in 120 years. J.C. (Julius Caesar) Watts. > 3. A 20-year senator from New Jersey, and onetime presidential > candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks > and is in the NBA Hall of Fame. Bill Bradley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > championships and went to seven Pro Bowls. He served as a > congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's > vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election. Jack Kemp. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. > 5. This late Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s > *while* serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. > He would go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s. Red Kelly. This bit of moonlighting was mentioned in two previous rounds that I've posted there, the last one on 2018-12-22, so you should still remember it. As I mentioned when revealing the answers to that one, Kelly found he did not enjoy political life, partly because it kept him away from his family too much. His reminiscence on the subject is available at: http://www.revparl.ca/12/3/12n3_89e_zinterview.pdf (The Paul Martin mentioned in that article would be Paul Martin Sr., father of the similarly named 21st century prime minister.) > MP for Waterloo South while playing for the team from 1951 > to 1953. He would later make a name for himself as a "Hockey > Night in Canada" personality. Howie Meeker. > 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full > seasons. Subsequently, in 2004, he was elected MP for York > Centre. He was Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin. Ken Dryden. 4 for Pete. > titles and, in 2013 he was #14 on the "Forbes" list of highest- > paid athletes in the world. Since 2010, he has served in both > houses of the Philippines' legislature. Manny Pacquiao. 4 for Calvin and Joshua. 3 for Pete. > 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree. > He retired in 2013 as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight > champion of all time. He is now mayor of Kiev, Ukraine. Vitali Klitschko. The surname was sufficient although his brother Wladimir Klitschko has also been a world champion heavyweight boxer. 4 for Calvin (the hard way) and Pete. > 10. This track-and-field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold, > at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He was a British MP from 1992 > to 1997. He is now chair of the British Olympic Association. Sebastian Coe. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Pete, Erland, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Can Mis Aud Geo Sci Spo FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 32 10 7 40 20 40 20 152 Bruce Bowler 4 12 36 8 29 40 8 125 Dan Tilque 20 8 8 16 19 40 12 107 "Calvin" 20 0 19 16 12 40 12 107 Pete Gayde 4 8 12 19 24 26 23 104 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 12 16 36 4 76 Dan Blum -- -- -- -- -- 40 8 48 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It is almost always wrong to strive for msb@vex.net gilt by association." --Martin Ambuhl My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 04 01:50PM > 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert tiramisu? mascarpone > 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral galaxy is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Andromeda > 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character? Popeye > 6 What three-word phrase link former US president Barack Obama to children's TV character Bob the Builder? Yes we can > 7 What four words does the vehicular surveillance technology ANPR stand for? automatic number plate recognition > 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War veteran John J Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux tribe? Dances With Wolves > 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European country??? Italy > 10 A monument to which disaster is located at Fish Street Hill, London, approximately 60 metres from Pudding Lane? Great Fire -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Sep 04 05:33PM +0100 On 2019-09-04 02:51:44 +0000, Calvin said: > 1 Which tower block in West London caught fire in June 2017 with the > loss of some 72 lives? Grenfell > 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit single titled > School's Out? Alice Cooper > 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert tiramisu? Mascarpone > 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral galaxy > is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the > nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Andromeda? > 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character? Popeye > 6 What three-word phrase link former US president Barack Obama to > children's TV character Bob the Builder? > 7 What four words does the vehicular surveillance technology ANPR stand for? Automatic Number Plate Recognition > 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War veteran John J > Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux tribe? Major Dunbar? Not sure if that's the right title. Only other one I thought of was A Man Called Horse but I think that was before 1990. > 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European country? Italy > 10 A monument to which disaster is located at Fish Street Hill, London, > approximately 60 metres from Pudding Lane? Great Fire of London -- "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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