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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 29 06:24PM -0700 1 Which city hosted the Commonwealth Games in both 1970 and 1986? 2 In 1796 Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination for which disease? 3 Which sport was supposedly invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday? Legend says its mythical "first game" was played in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 of that year. 4 What is the projection at the front of a saddle called? 5 In a 12 team sports league, how many games must be scheduled for each team to play each other team both at home and away? 6 Jack Lemmon uses a tennis racquet to strain spaghetti in in which 1960 Billy Wilder romantic comedy? 7 The summer residence of the Russian tsars, Catherine Palace is located on the outskirts of which city? 8 Which Australian currently plays point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team? 9 The Dalai Lama's official summer and winter palaces are located in which country? 10 How many rows of aliens does a player face at the start of a Space Invaders game? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 29 08:44PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which city hosted the Commonwealth Games in both 1970 and 1986? Edmonton? (Well, that's where Commonwealth Stadium is, so it makes sense.) > 2 In 1796 Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination for which disease? Smallpox. > Civil War general Abner Doubleday? Legend says its mythical > "first game" was played in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 > of that year. Baseball. > 4 What is the projection at the front of a saddle called? Horn. > 5 In a 12 team sports league, how many games must be scheduled > for each team to play each other team both at home and away? 22 for each team, 132 altogether. > 6 Jack Lemmon uses a tennis racquet to strain spaghetti in in > which 1960 Billy Wilder romantic comedy? "The Apartment". It's comedy-drama, really. > 7 The summer residence of the Russian tsars, Catherine Palace is > located on the outskirts of which city? St. Petersburg. > 8 Which Australian currently plays point guard for the > Philadelphia 76ers NBA team? Johnson. > 9 The Dalai Lama's official summer and winter palaces are > located in which country? Npeal. > 10 How many rows of aliens does a player face at the start of a > Space Invaders game? 3? -- Mark Brader | Republicans... admire the Government of the United States Toronto | so much that they would like to buy it. msb@vex.net | --Harry Truman, 1948 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 29 08:36PM -0700 On 10/29/19 6:24 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which city hosted the Commonwealth Games in both 1970 and 1986? Vancouver > 2 In 1796 Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination for which disease? smallpox > 3 Which sport was supposedly invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday? Legend says its mythical "first game" was played in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 of that year. baseball > 4 What is the projection at the front of a saddle called? saddlehorn > 5 In a 12 team sports league, how many games must be scheduled for each team to play each other team both at home and away? 22 > 6 Jack Lemmon uses a tennis racquet to strain spaghetti in in which 1960 Billy Wilder romantic comedy? > 7 The summer residence of the Russian tsars, Catherine Palace is located on the outskirts of which city? St Petersburg > 8 Which Australian currently plays point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team? > 9 The Dalai Lama's official summer and winter palaces are located in which country? Nepal > 10 How many rows of aliens does a player face at the start of a Space Invaders game? 6 -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 30 03:59AM > 2 In 1796 Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination for which disease? smallpox > 3 Which sport was supposedly invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday? Legend says its mythical ???first game??? was played in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 of that year. baseball > 4 What is the projection at the front of a saddle called? pommel > 5 In a 12 team sports league, how many games must be scheduled for each team to play each other team both at home and away? 132 > 6 Jack Lemmon uses a tennis racquet to strain spaghetti in in which 1960 Billy Wilder romantic comedy? The Apartment > 7 The summer residence of the Russian tsars, Catherine Palace is located on the outskirts of which city? Saint Petersburg > 9 The Dalai Lama's official summer and winter palaces are located in which country? India > 10 How many rows of aliens does a player face at the start of a Space Invaders game? 6 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 29 01:59PM -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 the Red Smarties 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 5 (2019-10-21), Round 1 - Current Events 1. A specific group of climate protesters shut down bridges in Halifax, Montreal, Edmonton, and Vancouver, as well as the Bloor Viaduct in Toronto. By what name is the group known? 2. In a surprise move, two people were named co-winners of the 2019 Booker Prize. Margaret Atwood was one of them: for what book did she win? 3. And name *either* the author or the book that was the other co-winner. 4. Although she was an early favorite for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Margaret Atwood did not win that too. Name the Austrian who did. 5. On the other hand, a Canadian-born scientist did share the Nobel Prize for Physics, with fellow researchers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, for their contributions to understanding the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos. Name the Canadian-born scientist. 6. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir did something Friday that was an international first. What was it? 7. For the first time since 1981, what were Iranian women allowed to do on October 10? 8. In CONCACAF action last week, the Team Canada men's team scored a landmark victory to move a step closer to making it to the 2020 World Cup. Who did they beat for the first time since 1985? 9. This stage, film, and television actor died this week at age 97. He is possibly best known for his role as Walter Findlay on the TV series "Maude". Name him. 10. A founding member of the band Cream, this drummer died October 6 at age 80. Name him. * Game 6 (2019-10-28), Round 1 - Current Events Lots of other things happened, but we'll start with the election. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. 1. Trudeau's Liberals won a minority, ending up with 157 seats. How many seats did the second-place Conservatives get, exactly? 2. However, the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.4%. What percentage of the popular vote did the Liberals have, within 1 percentage point? 3. Which party has third-party status in Parliament, in spite of taking only 7.7% of the popular vote? 4. Give the name of the only independent elected, in the riding of Vancouver Granville. 5. Betcha thought we were all done with Margaret Atwood last week, but surprise! Queen Elizabeth II awarded Atwood a rare royal honor last week, for her services to literature. To what *order* was Atwood named? 6. Tuesday, it was announced that this party anthem by Maestro Fresh Wes will be the first rap song to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Game. Name the song. 7. The Royal Canadian Mint issued a new coin on Tuesday featuring a portrait of this man, the founder of Manitoba, on the 175th anniversary of his birth. It is also the first coin to be engraved in Michif, the official language of his nation. Who? 8. Sierra Robinson and 14 other youths filed a lawsuit against the federal government Friday for individual injuries, asking the federal court to compel the Canadian government to do what? 9. Which New York Knicks rookie set a record for the most points by a Canadian in his NBA debut last week? 10. Eight people were inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame last Wednesday. Name *any one* of them. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam; msb@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 29 07:05PM > * Game 5 (2019-10-21), Round 1 - Current Events > 6. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir did something Friday that was > an international first. What was it? first all-women spacewalk > 7. For the first time since 1981, what were Iranian women allowed > to do on October 10? vote > 10. A founding member of the band Cream, this drummer died October 6 > at age 80. Name him. Baker > * Game 6 (2019-10-28), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Trudeau's Liberals won a minority, ending up with 157 seats. > How many seats did the second-place Conservatives get, exactly? 124 > 2. However, the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.4%. > What percentage of the popular vote did the Liberals have, > within 1 percentage point? 31.1 > 3. Which party has third-party status in Parliament, in spite of > taking only 7.7% of the popular vote? NDP > but surprise! Queen Elizabeth II awarded Atwood a rare royal > honor last week, for her services to literature. To what *order* > was Atwood named? Order of the Garter -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 29 08:45PM +0200 > 1. A specific group of climate protesters shut down bridges in > Halifax, Montreal, Edmonton, and Vancouver, as well as the > Bloor Viaduct in Toronto. By what name is the group known? Extinction Rebellion > 4. Although she was an early favorite for the Nobel Prize for > Literature, Margaret Atwood did not win that too. Name the > Austrian who did. Peter Handke > 7. For the first time since 1981, what were Iranian women allowed > to do on October 10? See a football game > 8. In CONCACAF action last week, the Team Canada men's team scored > a landmark victory to move a step closer to making it to the > 2020 World Cup. Who did they beat for the first time since 1985? 2020 World Cup? Concacaf is usually about football and the next one is in 2022. Anyway, I assume it's the US. (I note that the only time Canada has played the FIFA World Cup was in 1986, the year after the previous victory.) > 10. A founding member of the band Cream, this drummer died October 6 > at age 80. Name him. Ginger Baker > Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. > 1. Trudeau's Liberals won a minority, ending up with 157 seats. > How many seats did the second-place Conservatives get, exactly? 121 > 2. However, the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.4%. > What percentage of the popular vote did the Liberals have, > within 1 percentage point? 33 > 3. Which party has third-party status in Parliament, in spite of > taking only 7.7% of the popular vote? Bloc Québecois |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 29 08:47PM +0200 >> 6. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir did something Friday that was >> an international first. What was it? > first all-women spacewalk Damn! I read the question too quickly and did not pay attention. I should know that. Jessica Meir is half-Swedish, and there have been some articles in my daily about her. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 29 07:52PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:C4-dnR910Ja3ESXAnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 5 (2019-10-21), Round 1 - Current Events > 6. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir did something Friday that was > an international first. What was it? an all-female spacewalk > 9. This stage, film, and television actor died this week at age 97. > He is possibly best known for his role as Walter Findlay on > the TV series "Maude". Name him. Macy > 10. A founding member of the band Cream, this drummer died October 6 > at age 80. Name him. Ginger Baker > Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. > 1. Trudeau's Liberals won a minority, ending up with 157 seats. > How many seats did the second-place Conservatives get, exactly? 119; 118 > 2. However, the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.4%. > What percentage of the popular vote did the Liberals have, > within 1 percentage point? 33.4% > 3. Which party has third-party status in Parliament, in spite of > taking only 7.7% of the popular vote? Bloc Quebecois > but surprise! Queen Elizabeth II awarded Atwood a rare royal > honor last week, for her services to literature. To what *order* > was Atwood named? Order of Merit -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 29 08:25PM -0700 On 10/29/19 11:59 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. A specific group of climate protesters shut down bridges in > Halifax, Montreal, Edmonton, and Vancouver, as well as the > Bloor Viaduct in Toronto. By what name is the group known? Extinction Rebellion > an international first. What was it? > 7. For the first time since 1981, what were Iranian women allowed > to do on October 10? vote > 8. In CONCACAF action last week, the Team Canada men's team scored > a landmark victory to move a step closer to making it to the > 2020 World Cup. Who did they beat for the first time since 1985? Mexico > 2. However, the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.4%. > What percentage of the popular vote did the Liberals have, > within 1 percentage point? 33% > 8. Sierra Robinson and 14 other youths filed a lawsuit against > the federal government Friday for individual injuries, asking > the federal court to compel the Canadian government to do what? restrict carbon emissions -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 29 01:43PM -0700 On 10/29/19 3:01 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > Dan Tilque: >> Anything in parens is not part of my answer. > It's part of your answer posting. I'm just being efficient in combining other comments with the answers. But if you want me to be inefficient... ... OK, I'll be inefficient. -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 29 07:00PM -0700 On Monday, October 28, 2019 at 5:01:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Egypt's Old Kingdom, a continent away these extinct mammals > thrived on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia. > Which mammals? Woolly mammoth > 3. What was modern-day Turkey known as, when the Chicago Cubs won > their last World Series prior to 2016? Ottoman Empire > 4. While Jack the Ripper was leaving bodies around London, this > entertainment company was founded in Japan, although they then > only made playing cards. Name the company. Nintendo, Sony > New Mexico government for centuries, beginning in 1610, or > 10 years before the landing of the Puritans at *which East > Coast site*? (Two words required.) Plymouth Rock > Wars" movie in theatres. That same year, Hamida Djandoubi > was killed in France, the last person in Western Europe to die > this way. Which way? Guillotined, capital punishment > 9. When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed, this inventor was alive > to see it (although his brother was not) and was asked whether > he had any regrets about his invention. Who? Oppenheimer > rise to prominence and eventual total destruction by colonizers. > Which empire? > * Game 2, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Rivers Pass cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 29 06:27PM -0700 On Monday, October 28, 2019 at 5:00:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > French Open. 4 for Erland, Calvin, and Joshua. 2 for Dan. > The other Grand Slam tournaments are the US and Australian Opens, > both of which are played on hard courts. They are now, but as they were once played on grass are arguably correct responses to Q9. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 29 08:37PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > French Open. 4 for Erland, Calvin, and Joshua. 2 for Dan. > > The other Grand Slam tournaments are the US and Australian Opens, > > both of which are played on hard courts. "Calvin": > They are now, but as they were once played on grass are arguably correct > responses to Q9. I missed that possible reading. But it doesn't matter, since, as you can see above,as nobody named either one in response to #9. -- Mark Brader | "We're not quarreling: we're in complete agreement. Toronto | We hate each other." msb@vex.net | -- "The Band Wagon", Betty Comden & Adolph Green My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 29 06:20PM -0700 On Friday, October 18, 2019 at 2:42:13 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Skipper, Kelly (aka Shelly), Chelsea and twins Tutti and Todd are among the siblings of which enduring fashion icon? Barbie > 2 In the fashion world, what does FCUK stand for? French Connection United Kingdom > 3 Which name is shared by a Hollywood legend (1930-1980) and the director of the 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave? [BOTH names needed] Steve McQueen > 4 Torn and Big Mistake were late 1990s hit for which Australian singer? Natalia Imbruglia > 5 What is the term for the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures? Similar effects are used in cinema and photography as well. Chiarascuro > 6 How many *track* events are included in an Olympic decathlon? 4 > 7 Which American musician owns a restaurant chain called, appropriately enough, Margaritaville? Jimmy Buffet > 8 What US state shares the longest border with Canada? Alaska D'Oh! > 9 What is the given name of both the protagonist of the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers, and his manservant? Sam / Samuel Singleton for Joe > 10 In 2017 the maximum number of characters in a standard Tweet was increased from 140 to what figure? 280 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 578 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 30 Mark Brader 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 20 Joe 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 26 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 27 Bruce Bowler 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 20 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 21 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 2 5 3 2 2 4 5 1 7 35 50% Congratulations Mark. cheers, calvin |
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