| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 05:38PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-08-06, 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*)". ** Final, Round 2 - Literature * Most-Banned Novels Here are three of the most-banned works of 20th century fiction, according to the American Library Association. In each case name the book. 1. This novel's graphic portrayals of rape, racism, and violence against women have seen it banned by school boards and libraries since its release in 1982. A Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by Alice Walker. 2. James Joyce's epic stream-of-consciousness novel, considered a masterpiece, was initially banned for what critics viewed as its pornographic nature. In 1922, postal officials in New York seized and burned 500 copies of it. 3. This novel by Toni Morrison tells the story of freed slave Sethe. It has been challenged for scenes of violence and sexual material. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. * There Once was a Woman from Venus... This triple, the second, is limericks. We hope that you all don't get sick of it. The verse, we'll supply And ask you to provide Just some lonely last words, to finish it. 4. There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket -- Had a daughter named Nan, Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket... 5. There was an old man of Darjeeling Who boarded a bus bound for Ealing. It said, on the door, "Don't spit on the floor", So he stood up and spat on the... 6. There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She started one day, In a relative way, And returned on the... [2 words needed]. * Dr. Dolittle A popular series of children's books featured Dr. John Dolittle, who could talk to the animals. No whispering was required. 7. Who was the author of the novels? 8. The doctor had four pets with reduplicative names -- Chee Chee the monkey, Too Too the Owl, Dab Dab the Duck, and which other? (Name and species.) 9. Also living with the doctor was an exotic creature with two heads at opposite ends of its body. What was it called? * Graphic Novels by Alan Moore (They stopped calling them "comic books" decades ago, Dad!) The graybeard god of the genre is Alan Moore, mentor to the likes of Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon. In each case, name the Alan Moore work. 10. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with the help of superhero Dr. Manhattan, this tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery and psychotic vigilante Rorschach. 11. Moore envisions a Victorian super-hero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the Invisible Man, fighting supervillain Fu Manchu. 12. Set in a totalitarian post-Third-World-War England, a man in a porcelain mask and his protege fight oppression through pranks and terrorism. * Colorful Novels All these books have a color in their title. Name the novel. 13. Stephen Crane's depiction of the cruelty of the US Civil War features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become a battlefield hero. 14. Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel tells the story of the narrator's Welsh family and the mining community they live in. 15. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle published this story, the first to feature Sherlock Holmes. ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana * Shit Prime Ministers Say Canadian politics produces its share of bon and not-so-bon mots. We'll give you a famous quote, you name the Canadian PM. 1. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues." 2. "Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription." 3. "I don't know... A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." * Heritage Minutes Since 1991, "Heritage Minutes" have depicted persons, events and stories in Canadian history -- including the topics of these questions. 4. A young runaway's death sparks the first inquest into treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools. Gord Downie dedicated his last album to this person. Name him. 5. Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off American soldiers until reinforcements arrive -- when which 1812 battle is won? 6. A boyhood fascination with tinkering evolves into a career as innovator and entrepreneur for the inventor of the snowmobile, born in 1907. Name him. * Awards 7. Canada's music awards may seem to be named for a Roman goddess, but they are actually named for the first chairman of the CRTC, considered the father of CanCon. Name him -- first and last name required. 8. Currently sponsored by Scotiabank, this is the largest annual prize for fiction in Canada -- $50,000 for the best Canadian novel or short story. Name it. 9. Until 2016, Quebec's own awards of excellence for cinema were named after the filmmaker known for "Mon Oncle Antoine". The awards were renamed when sexual-abuse allegations surfaced posthumously. Name him. * Municipal Slogans/Nicknames "The 6", "the Big Smoke", "T-dot", and "Hogtown" notwithstanding, Toronto hasn't cornered the market on civic slogans and nicknames. 10. Which Manitoba city calls itself "the Wheat City"? 11. Maritimers simply call it "the Nish". Name the city *and province*. 12. Which provincial capital is known as "the Birthplace of Confederation"? * Companies 13. This Canadian high-tech company was founded in 1985 by Michael Cowpland. Its high point came with the acquisition of WordPerfect to compete with Microsoft Word. The home arena for the Ottawa Senators used to bear this company's name. 14. In 2001, this Quebec-based cable giant was snatched from the jaws of Rogers by Quebecor and its controversial CEO Pierre-Karl Peladeau. Now it's the company's cash cow, competing with Bell and Telus in wireless and Internet access services. Name it. 15. This Canadian insurance and financial services company was founded in Toronto in 1887, with Sir John A. MacDonald as president. Canada's largest insurer, it has grown internationally and now operates in the US under the John Hancock brand. Name it. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The Dopeler effect: dumb ideas sound smarter msb@vex.net | when they come at you in a hurry." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 12:16AM > against women have seen it banned by school boards and libraries > since its release in 1982. A Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by > Alice Walker. The Color Purple > a masterpiece, was initially banned for what critics viewed as > its pornographic nature. In 1922, postal officials in New York > seized and burned 500 copies of it. Ulysses > 3. This novel by Toni Morrison tells the story of freed slave Sethe. > It has been challenged for scenes of violence and sexual > material. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Beloved > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket... Nantucket > It said, on the door, > "Don't spit on the floor", > So he stood up and spat on the... ceiling > She started one day, > In a relative way, > And returned on the... [2 words needed]. previous night > * Dr. Dolittle > 7. Who was the author of the novels? Hugh Lofting > 9. Also living with the doctor was an exotic creature with two > heads at opposite ends of its body. What was it called? Pushme-Pullyu > the help of superhero Dr. Manhattan, this tale of over-the-hill > superheroes includes a murder mystery and psychotic vigilante > Rorschach. Watchmen > 11. Moore envisions a Victorian super-hero collective that included > Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the > Invisible Man, fighting supervillain Fu Manchu. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen > 12. Set in a totalitarian post-Third-World-War England, a man in > a porcelain mask and his protege fight oppression through pranks > and terrorism. V for Vendetta > 13. Stephen Crane's depiction of the cruelty of the US Civil War > features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become > a battlefield hero. The Red Badge of Courage > 14. Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel tells the story of the narrator's > Welsh family and the mining community they live in. How Green Was My Valley > 15. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle published this story, the first > to feature Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Scarlet > 5. Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off > American soldiers until reinforcements arrive -- when which > 1812 battle is won? Ticonderoga > Cowpland. Its high point came with the acquisition of > WordPerfect to compete with Microsoft Word. The home arena > for the Ottawa Senators used to bear this company's name. Nortel -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 03 05:50AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Spydnb6Un4RLuwjAnZ2dnUU7- > against women have seen it banned by school boards and libraries > since its release in 1982. A Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by > Alice Walker. "The Color Purple" > a masterpiece, was initially banned for what critics viewed as > its pornographic nature. In 1922, postal officials in New York > seized and burned 500 copies of it. "Ulysses" > 3. This novel by Toni Morrison tells the story of freed slave Sethe. > It has been challenged for scenes of violence and sexual > material. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. "Beloved" > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket... Nan tuck it (with "tuck" meant to indicate "took") > It said, on the door, > "Don't spit on the floor", > So he stood up and spat on the... ceiling > She started one day, > In a relative way, > And returned on the... [2 words needed]. previous night > A popular series of children's books featured Dr. John Dolittle, > who could talk to the animals. No whispering was required. > 7. Who was the author of the novels? Lofting > 9. Also living with the doctor was an exotic creature with two > heads at opposite ends of its body. What was it called? Pushmi-Pullyu > the help of superhero Dr. Manhattan, this tale of over-the-hill > superheroes includes a murder mystery and psychotic vigilante > Rorschach. "Watchmen" > 11. Moore envisions a Victorian super-hero collective that included > Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the > Invisible Man, fighting supervillain Fu Manchu. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" > 12. Set in a totalitarian post-Third-World-War England, a man in > a porcelain mask and his protege fight oppression through pranks > and terrorism. "V for Vendetta" > 13. Stephen Crane's depiction of the cruelty of the US Civil War > features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become > a battlefield hero. "The Red Badge of Courage" > 14. Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel tells the story of the narrator's > Welsh family and the mining community they live in. "How Green Was My Valley" > 15. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle published this story, the first > to feature Sherlock Holmes. "A Study in Scarlet" > ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana Skipping this round. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 05:34PM -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*)". Game 10 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won gain. Hearty congratulations! > the 1976 and 1977 seasons. The closest anybody's come since has > been the Detroit Lions, who lost 19 in a row in 2008 and 2009. > Name those 26-game losers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 4 for Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 2. This NASCAR driver -- nicknamed the King -- won 200 races > in his career. To put it in perspective, Jeff Gordon had 93. > Name the King. Richard Petty. 4 for Pete, Bruce, and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > 3. In 1941, this Major League Baseball legend had hits in > 56 consecutive games. The closest since then was Pete Rose > with 44. Joe DiMaggio. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Bruce, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > 4. This Baltimore Orioles great played in 2,362 straight games > without missing one. Only six other players have played in > more than 1,000 consecutively. Name him. Cal Ripken Jr. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. > 5. Of course, Wayne Gretzky has every NHL scoring record possible. > Within 0.5, how many points -- goals plus assists -- did he > *average* per game through his career? 1.92 (accepting 1.42-2.42). 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. Per season, by the way, his was over 141 points. > closest anyone has come to the 100 points scored by one player > on 1962-03-02 in a 169-147 win over the Philadelphia Warriors. > Who set this unassailable record? Wilt Chamberlain. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. It was exactly 100, not 102 as Calvin remembered. It's a record for NBA play, but a number of players have scored even higher in college play or other inferior leagues. There used to be an entry in the "Guinness Book of World Records" reading: Mats Werbelin, 13 years old (Sweden), scored 272 points in a 272-0 win in a regional boys' basketball tournament in Stockholm, Sweden on 5 Feb 1974. If this was an actual competitive game, it seems plausible only if everybody on *both* teams decided to stop normal play and try to help him set the record. See also discussion here: http://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/9cglt4/mats_wermelin_the_greatest_basketball_player_that/ But, hey, as they say, "stranger things that that have been known to happen in Scandinavia." -- No, wait, that was *Transylvania*. Anyway, Erland, do you happen to have convenient access to any Swedish newspapers or other publications that might provide further detail about this event? > 7. This fireballer threw 5,714 strikeouts in his career. > The closest challenger is more than 3,000 strikeouts away. Nolan Ryan. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. 3 for Calvin. > 8. He holds the record with 23 Olympic gold medals, double any > nearest competitor. Name him. Michael Phelps. No, no points for "not Mark Spits". 4 for Pete, Calvin, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 9. The greatest receiver of all time, he retired with 22,895 > career receiving yards. Terrell Owens came closest, almost > 7,000 yards behind. Name the champ. Jerry Rice. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 10. In 1991, he passed Lou Brock's record of 938 stolen bases. > He ended his career with 1,406. Name him. Rickey Henderson. 4 for Pete and Joshua. > then the Canucks, Devils, and Leafs. In honor of the year > of his arrival in Buffalo and his place in the NHL entry > draft, he wore #89 for his entire playing career. Alexander Mogilny. > A2. This Russian-born NBA player spent 10 years with the Utah > Jazz, where he got the nickname AK-47 from his initials > and his jersey number. Andrei Kirilenko. > or sevruga varieties, just this third one. What is this > third variety of caviar, whose name translates as "from > the sturgeon"? Osetra. > B2. The caviar is served on little pancakes, sometimes made > of buckwheat. What are these called? Blini (or blintzes). 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Joshua. > C1. Norman Jewison directed this 1966 comedy about a Soviet > submarine that runs aground off New England. It starred > Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, and Alan Arkin. "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!" 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. > and finds adjusting to American life more difficult than > he imagined. If it's any help, both the musician and the > sax were expertly played by Robin Williams. "Moscow on the Hudson". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Joshua. > leader's debut novel was "We the Living", a story of life > in post-revolutionary Russia, published in 1936. Other more > influential works would follow. Ayn Rand. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > D2. Born in St. Petersburg, this author of "Pale Fire" and > "Speak, Memory", was also an expert amateur entomologist, > specializing in butterflies. Vladimir Nabokov. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > E1. These two islands are in the Bering Strait a short distance > apart. Russia has the "Big" one and the US has the "Little" > one. What are they called? Diomede Is. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. > E2. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in > the world at 9,289 km, connecting Moscow to what city on > the other side of the country? Vladivostok. 4 for everyone -- Pete, Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Joshua. > activist, later portrayed by Warren Beatty in his film > "Reds". What is the title of Reed's firsthand account of > the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution? "Ten Days that Shook the World". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > merits of capitalism vs. communism. These were videotaped > in color and broadcast in both countries. What was the > name given collectively to these discussions? The kitchen debates. I scored other references to "kitchen" as almost correct. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. 3 for Pete, Dan Blum, and Bruce. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Geo His Can Ent Mis Spo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 27 32 40 40 39 36 227 Dan Blum 40 32 31 24 24 40 15 31 198 Bruce Bowler 4 32 24 16 28 40 20 23 167 Dan Tilque 12 36 31 12 0 36 16 16 147 Pete Gayde -- -- 19 14 24 36 38 11 142 "Calvin" -- -- 20 12 24 35 27 4 122 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 7 4 20 27 0 4 74 -- Mark Brader | "Mechanics, musicians, and programmers all know Toronto | how to arrange numerous small units into logical msb@vex.net | patterns such that the arrangement has the power | to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 03 12:11AM > > 56 consecutive games. The closest since then was Pete Rose > > with 44. > Joe DiMaggio. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Bruce, Joshua, and Dan Blum. I don't remember what my answer was, but it wasn't that. However, it doesn't change the results. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 02 10:17PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > > 56 consecutive games. The closest since then was Pete Rose > > > with 44. > > Joe DiMaggio. 4 for Pete, Calvin, Bruce, Joshua, and Dan Blum. Dan Blum: > I don't remember what my answer was, but it wasn't that. Ted Williams. Well, there's a 3-letter first name, and an 8-letter last name with a double letter between two I's -- isn't that close enough? > However, it doesn't change the results. Well, it wasn't one of Dan's best six. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Geo His Can Ent Mis Spo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 27 32 40 40 39 36 227 Dan Blum 40 32 31 24 24 40 11 31 198 Bruce Bowler 4 32 24 16 28 40 20 23 167 Dan Tilque 12 36 31 12 0 36 16 16 147 Pete Gayde -- -- 19 14 24 36 38 11 142 "Calvin" -- -- 20 12 24 35 27 4 122 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 7 4 20 27 0 4 74 -- Mark Brader | Peter Neumann on Y2K: Toronto | This problem gives new meaning to "going out on msb@vex.net | a date" (which many systems will do on 1/1/00). My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joe <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Oct 02 05:21PM +0100 On 2019-10-01 21:54:18 +0000, Erland Sommarskog said: > Have fun! > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? USA > 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated > in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does > it fit? 47000 > 4. In 1904 Montenegro declared war on which country despite that > they did not have any common border or even a common neighbour, > neither by land nor by sea? Russia > 5. The Roman emperor Diocletian built an enormous palace around > the turn of the 4th century AD. Today the remains of the > palace forms the centre of which Mediterranean city? Sorento > in French only, but some are tri-lingual. Name any of the > other two languages on the signs. (These are languages native > to the area around Bayonne.) Basque > 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? Atonal > 8. Jonny Cash and Ritchie Blackmore (ex-guitarist of Deep Purple) > are both known by which four-word moniker? The Man in Black > 9. Which world leader recently faced criticism for old pictures > where this person appears with a "blackface"? Justin Trudeau > 10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are > interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? Musical Composition > rocks that have been formed over a completely different material. > What two-word name is usually given to a site where you find > such rocks? Petrified Forest -- "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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