- Erland's Occasional Quiz - results - 4 Updates
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| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 06 08:34PM +0200 This quiz is over and Dan Blum is the winner with a very good score of 28. Everyone else came in second on 16. Here are the answers: > 1. In which country do you find the world's busiest air route in > terms of number of flights per year? South Korea The route is from Seoul's Gimpo airport to the island of Jeju, some 70 km off the south coast, a very popular tourist destination among Koreans. The top 10 busiest air routes are all domestic; the busiest international route is between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. For a full list, see https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2019/04/02/the-2019-list-of-busiest- airline-routes-in-the-world/ (If you can accept to turn off your ad blocker, that is!) Singleton for Joshua. > 2. Recently, the world's biggest bicycle garage was inaugurated > in Utrecht, Netherlands. Within 1000, how many bicycles does > it fit? 12500, accepting 11500 to 13500. Singleton for Dan T > 3. The FIBA World Cup in basketball finished recently. Which > team emerged as the winner? Spain. I believe the US usually wins this, but this year they lost against France in the quarter finals. France in their turn lost the semi-final against Argentina who in their turn lost against Spain. I see that the US lost one more game, but finally recovered to finish 7th. As noted in another thread I'm not very fond of basketball due to overexposure during my school years, but it seemed like a good current-events question. > 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? Japan. Montenegro in those days was a staunch ally of Russia, so when Russia and Japan went to war, Montenegro joined in. I don't recall if they actually sent any troops. > 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? Split, Croatia. I've been there, and the place is a bit eerie. Singleton for Dan B. > 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 and Gascon. Almost everyone spotted Basque, which I am delighted to see. The Basque lands consists of seven provinces, four in Spain and three in France, and the Bayonne is the main city for one of the French provinces. On the other hand, I would have been surprised if anyone had entered Gascon. I was surprised myself to see this language on the signs, as I thought Gascony is further to the north. According to Wikipedia, Gascon is by many considered to be a dialect of Occitan. I can't tell whether the language on the signs in Bayonne is different from Occitan - I have never seen any signs at all in Occitan elsewhere in France - only heard it spoken. > 7. The composer Arnold Schönberg is associated with which form > compositional technique? Twelve-tone technique. Anything with twelve-tone was sufficient. "Atonal" was not. > 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, Canada. The only question everyone knew. >10. What sort of activity are you looking forward to if you are > interacting with amadeus.net or amadeus.com? A flight trip. This may depend on where you live, and with which airlines you fly with. But I find that when I book a flight ticket, I often get the e-ticket from amadeus.com, and when I get the boarding card in a text message there is a link amadeus.net. According to Wikipedia, Amadeus is owned by Star Alliance, and where I live, I often end up flying with a Star Alliance partner. But I have mail from amadeus.com with tickets for Finnair and Icelandair as well, and they are not in Star Alliance. >11. The books of which author include characters such as Steve > Carella and Meyer Meyer? Ed McBain, pseudonym for Evan Hunter. He wrote a number of police novels about the cases the policement in the 878th Precinct novels faced. I read quite a few of these in my youth, but it seems, no one else. > 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. The picture I included is from Les Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo in the north of the Santa Cruz province in Argentina. Some petrified forests were never real forests, as the wood was driftwood that got covered in lava, but these trees were drowned in lava as they stood when the vulcano (still visible) erupted many millions years ago. It was an amazing place to visit, but it is not easy to reach. The nearest city Caleta Olivia is at least 100 km away - and there is no car rental in this town. Below is the scoreboard. Thanks to everyone for playing! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total -------------------------------------------- Dan B 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 28 Pete G 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 Joshua K 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 16 Mark B 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 Joe 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 Dan T 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 16 |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 06 09:38PM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in >> compositional technique? > Twelve-tone technique. > Anything with twelve-tone was sufficient. "Atonal" was not. Other names for Schoenberg's compositional technique include "dodecaphonic" and "serial". I answered "serial". Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 06 05:08PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > Thanks to everyone for playing! Thanks for the quiz. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "You can fool too many of the people msb@vex.net too much of the time." -- James Thurber |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 07 11:26AM +0200 >> Anything with twelve-tone was sufficient. "Atonal" was not. > Other names for Schoenberg's compositional technique include > "dodecaphonic" and "serial". I answered "serial". I will have to admit that I was familiar with that term. My reading on Wikipedia tells me that "serial" or "serialism" has wider meaning than twelve-tone. On the other hand, Schönberg is said to have introduced the idea, thus four points to Pete. Here is the correct scoreboard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total -------------------------------------------- Dan B 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 28 Pete G 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 20 Joshua K 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 16 Mark B 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 Joe 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 16 Dan T 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 16 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 06 05:24PM -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 4 - Entertainment * 1950s Rock'N'Roll In 1954, Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around the Clock" and a Tupelo truck driver recorded "That's Alright Mama" -- so let's call this the 65th anniversary of Rock and Roll. We're in the 1950s, and we're staying there for this whole round. 1. Three big rock'n'rollers died on 1959-02-02 in a plane crash at Clear Lake IA. Which one of them has *not* yet been commemorated with a popular movie about his life? 2. The music died again in April 1960, when this rock'n'roller of "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England. Name him. 3. What then-shocking 1955 movie, starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, and Sidney Poitier, launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"? * 1950s Television In each case, name the 1950s TV show that aired on CBS. 4. A 30-minute comedy series about an Army sergeant who used his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various underhanded schemes. 5. A half-hour family comedy series with moments of drama, starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. 6. A half-hour panel game show where three contestants would all claim to be the same person. * 1950s Radio 7. This disc jockey, nicknamed the "Moon Dog", is credited with coining the term "rock and roll" in the 1950s on New York's WABC. He was later fired during the payola scandal. Name him. 8. In 1959, a Toronto station that had been around since the end of the war decided to switch to a top-40 format. It would keep to that format for nearly 30 years, making it the longest-running top-40 station in the country. Name it. 9. In 1952, a young deejay called Dick Clay was hired by WFIL Philadelphia. He changed his name and created a show introducing new bands and hit songs. In 1956 it moved to TV with great success. Name either the show or its host. * 1950s Movies 10. Competition from TV in the '50s saw movies resort to gimmicks to get bums in seats. In "The Tingler", under-seat buzzers were activated as Vincent Price warned the audience to "Scream! Scream for your lives!" What producer-director came up with this and other cheesy gimmicks? 11. 3D was another gimmick and by 1954 the novelty was wearing off. That didn't stop Alfred Hitchcock from shooting one movie in 3D, even though most theaters never showed it that way. Which movie? 12. Todd-AO was a wide-screen film format to compete with Cinerama and Panavision, used for films like "Oklahoma!" and "Around the World in 80 Days". It didn't help when the founder, Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash. Who was his *widow*? * 1950s Books 13. This Ralph Ellison novel tells the story of a young man in a perverse Southern town and his adversities in white society in the early 20th century. Name that book. 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written in 1952. Name it. 15. One of the first books to imagine a world after a nuclear holocaust was this 1957 book written by Nevil Shute. Name it. ** Final, Round 6 - Science * Meet the Real Flintstones As Ralph Kramden used to say when caught red-handed by Alice, "Hominid, hominid, hominid". With apologies to any creationists in the league, here's a triple on our slope-browed forebears. 1. Discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, "Lucy" is a partial skeleton with pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is considered a member of which extinct species? (2 words -- in Latin.) 2. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development of a region in the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence that Homo habilis did what? 3. Homo floresiensis is the scientific name of a small-statured human ancestor, the remains of which were discovered on a remote Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial name did the media give these hominids? * Drugs in my Pocket One of life's lessons is that no good mood goes unpunished -- which hasn't stopped Big Pharma from investing Big Bucks in managing our moods. Given the scientific name of an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety drug, you give us the brand name by which it's most widely known. 4. Diazepam. 5. Fluoxetine. 6. Alprazolam. * Scatological Animal Facts 7. Their diet of cellulose makes these tiny creatures more flatulent than any others on Earth. Name those little farters. 8. Which marsupial's poop is cubical? 9. The most expensive coffee in the world is made from beans that were first consumed and excreted by a certain animal native to tropical Asia and Africa. Name that animal. * Products That Flopped Sometimes, inventions are a stroke of brilliance. Other times, not so much. 10. Potato chips and ice cream with no fat or calories. What could go wrong? Well, in fact, side effects of this fake fat included intense diarrhea and "anal leakage". Name the additive. 11. Face-wear that records and transmits all you see might seem like a good idea... except for little things like privacy and safety. After its introduction in 2012, it was banned from casinos and movie theaters, and in 2015, made illegal while driving. Soon this nerdy device was gone for good. What was its name? 12. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, this machine went to war with the VHS VCR... and lost, badly. Despite dismal sales, the manufacturer continued to make the machines until 2002 and the tapes until 2016. Name the device. * Accidental Discoveries Sometimes it's better to be lucky than smart, as these questions will illustrate. 13. In 1879, after a day spent studying coal tar derivatives, Constantin Fahlberg left his John Hopkins laboratory and went to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. Name his discovery. 14. In 1943, General Electric engineer James Wright combined silicone oil and boric acid seeking an alternative to rubber for tank treads, boots, etc. It didn't work, but it led to a popular children's play product marketed by Crayola. Name the product. 15. In 1903 French scientist Édouard Bénédictus dropped a glass flask that had been filled with cellulose nitrate, a sort of liquid plastic. The flask didn't shatter -- which led to the creation of what product, just in time for the introduction of the automobile? -- Mark Brader | "Of course, the most important part of making the Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is msb@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 07 02:10AM > 1. Three big rock'n'rollers died on 1959-02-02 in a plane crash at > Clear Lake IA. Which one of them has *not* yet been commemorated > with a popular movie about his life? The Big Bopper > 3. What then-shocking 1955 movie, starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, > and Sidney Poitier, launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"? They Call Me Mr. Tibbs > 4. A 30-minute comedy series about an Army sergeant who used > his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various > underhanded schemes. You'll Never Get Rich > 5. A half-hour family comedy series with moments of drama, starring > Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. Father Knows Best > 6. A half-hour panel game show where three contestants would all > claim to be the same person. What's My Line? (I think this was a different show, actually, but it's all I can think of.) > Philadelphia. He changed his name and created a show > introducing new bands and hit songs. In 1956 it moved to > TV with great success. Name either the show or its host. Dick Clark > were activated as Vincent Price warned the audience to "Scream! > Scream for your lives!" What producer-director came up with > this and other cheesy gimmicks? Corman > and Panavision, used for films like "Oklahoma!" and "Around the > World in 80 Days". It didn't help when the founder, Mike Todd, > was killed in a plane crash. Who was his *widow*? Elizabeth Taylor > 13. This Ralph Ellison novel tells the story of a young man in > a perverse Southern town and his adversities in white society > in the early 20th century. Name that book. Invisible Man > 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written > in 1952. Name it. The Old Man and the Sea > 15. One of the first books to imagine a world after a nuclear > holocaust was this 1957 book written by Nevil Shute. Name it. On the Beach > pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is > considered a member of which extinct species? (2 words -- > in Latin.) Australopithecus afraensis > 2. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development of > a region in the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence > that Homo habilis did what? spoke > human ancestor, the remains of which were discovered on a remote > Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial name did the > media give these hominids? hobbits > * Drugs in my Pocket > 4. Diazepam. Prozac > 5. Fluoxetine. Efflexor > 6. Alprazolam. Prozac > * Scatological Animal Facts > 7. Their diet of cellulose makes these tiny creatures more flatulent > than any others on Earth. Name those little farters. giant panda > 8. Which marsupial's poop is cubical? wombat > 9. The most expensive coffee in the world is made from beans that > were first consumed and excreted by a certain animal native to > tropical Asia and Africa. Name that animal. civet cat > 10. Potato chips and ice cream with no fat or calories. What could > go wrong? Well, in fact, side effects of this fake fat included > intense diarrhea and "anal leakage". Name the additive. Olestra > After its introduction in 2012, it was banned from casinos > and movie theaters, and in 2015, made illegal while driving. > Soon this nerdy device was gone for good. What was its name? Google Glass > with the VHS VCR... and lost, badly. Despite dismal sales, the > manufacturer continued to make the machines until 2002 and the > tapes until 2016. Name the device. Betamax > to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which > he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. > Name his discovery. saccharin > silicone oil and boric acid seeking an alternative to rubber for > tank treads, boots, etc. It didn't work, but it led to a popular > children's play product marketed by Crayola. Name the product. Silly Putty > liquid plastic. The flask didn't shatter -- which led to the > creation of what product, just in time for the introduction of > the automobile? Plexiglass -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Oct 06 09:19PM -0700 On 10/6/19 3:24 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Three big rock'n'rollers died on 1959-02-02 in a plane crash at > Clear Lake IA. Which one of them has *not* yet been commemorated > with a popular movie about his life? The Big Bopper > 4. A 30-minute comedy series about an Army sergeant who used > his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various > underhanded schemes. The Phil Silvers Show > 5. A half-hour family comedy series with moments of drama, starring > Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. Father Knows Best > Philadelphia. He changed his name and created a show > introducing new bands and hit songs. In 1956 it moved to > TV with great success. Name either the show or its host. Dick Clark > 13. This Ralph Ellison novel tells the story of a young man in > a perverse Southern town and his adversities in white society > in the early 20th century. Name that book. The Invisible Man > 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written > in 1952. Name it. The Old Man and the Sea > 15. One of the first books to imagine a world after a nuclear > holocaust was this 1957 book written by Nevil Shute. Name it. On the Beach > pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is > considered a member of which extinct species? (2 words -- > in Latin.) Australopithicus afarensis > 2. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development of > a region in the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence > that Homo habilis did what? talk > human ancestor, the remains of which were discovered on a remote > Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial name did the > media give these hominids? hobbits > moods. Given the scientific name of an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety > drug, you give us the brand name by which it's most widely known. > 4. Diazepam. Valium > 5. Fluoxetine. Prozac > 6. Alprazolam. Xanax > * Scatological Animal Facts > 7. Their diet of cellulose makes these tiny creatures more flatulent > than any others on Earth. Name those little farters. termites > 8. Which marsupial's poop is cubical? wombat > 9. The most expensive coffee in the world is made from beans that > were first consumed and excreted by a certain animal native to > tropical Asia and Africa. Name that animal. civet cat > 10. Potato chips and ice cream with no fat or calories. What could > go wrong? Well, in fact, side effects of this fake fat included > intense diarrhea and "anal leakage". Name the additive. olestra > After its introduction in 2012, it was banned from casinos > and movie theaters, and in 2015, made illegal while driving. > Soon this nerdy device was gone for good. What was its name? Google Glass > with the VHS VCR... and lost, badly. Despite dismal sales, the > manufacturer continued to make the machines until 2002 and the > tapes until 2016. Name the device. BetaMax > to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which > he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. > Name his discovery. saccharine > silicone oil and boric acid seeking an alternative to rubber for > tank treads, boots, etc. It didn't work, but it led to a popular > children's play product marketed by Crayola. Name the product. Play-Doh > liquid plastic. The flask didn't shatter -- which led to the > creation of what product, just in time for the introduction of > the automobile? safety glass -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 07 05:15AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KfOdnUzG-6wN9AfAnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Three big rock'n'rollers died on 1959-02-02 in a plane crash at > Clear Lake IA. Which one of them has *not* yet been commemorated > with a popular movie about his life? The Big Bopper > 2. The music died again in April 1960, when this rock'n'roller of > "Summertime Blues" fame died in a car crash in Bath, England. > Name him. Cochran > 3. What then-shocking 1955 movie, starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, > and Sidney Poitier, launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"? "Blackboard Jungle" > 4. A 30-minute comedy series about an Army sergeant who used > his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various > underhanded schemes. "The Phil Silvers Show" > 5. A half-hour family comedy series with moments of drama, starring > Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. "Father Knows Best" > 6. A half-hour panel game show where three contestants would all > claim to be the same person. "To Tell the Truth" > 7. This disc jockey, nicknamed the "Moon Dog", is credited with > coining the term "rock and roll" in the 1950s on New York's > WABC. He was later fired during the payola scandal. Name him. Freed > Philadelphia. He changed his name and created a show > introducing new bands and hit songs. In 1956 it moved to > TV with great success. Name either the show or its host. "American Bandstand"; Dick Clark (I was under the impression that Dick Clark's real name was Richard Clark, but I guess he could have changed his name from a pseudonym back to his real name) > were activated as Vincent Price warned the audience to "Scream! > Scream for your lives!" What producer-director came up with > this and other cheesy gimmicks? Castle > 11. 3D was another gimmick and by 1954 the novelty was wearing off. > That didn't stop Alfred Hitchcock from shooting one movie in 3D, > even though most theaters never showed it that way. Which movie? "Dial M for Murder" > and Panavision, used for films like "Oklahoma!" and "Around the > World in 80 Days". It didn't help when the founder, Mike Todd, > was killed in a plane crash. Who was his *widow*? Elizabeth Taylor > 13. This Ralph Ellison novel tells the story of a young man in > a perverse Southern town and his adversities in white society > in the early 20th century. Name that book. "Invisible Man" > 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written > in 1952. Name it. "The Old Man and the Sea" > 15. One of the first books to imagine a world after a nuclear > holocaust was this 1957 book written by Nevil Shute. Name it. "On the Beach" > pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is > considered a member of which extinct species? (2 words -- > in Latin.) Australopithecus africanus > 2. Fossil skulls of Homo habilis show signs of the development of > a region in the brain called Broca's area. This is evidence > that Homo habilis did what? speak > human ancestor, the remains of which were discovered on a remote > Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial name did the > media give these hominids? hobbits > moods. Given the scientific name of an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety > drug, you give us the brand name by which it's most widely known. > 4. Diazepam. Valium > 9. The most expensive coffee in the world is made from beans that > were first consumed and excreted by a certain animal native to > tropical Asia and Africa. Name that animal. civet cat > 10. Potato chips and ice cream with no fat or calories. What could > go wrong? Well, in fact, side effects of this fake fat included > intense diarrhea and "anal leakage". Name the additive. olestra > After its introduction in 2012, it was banned from casinos > and movie theaters, and in 2015, made illegal while driving. > Soon this nerdy device was gone for good. What was its name? Google Glass > with the VHS VCR... and lost, badly. Despite dismal sales, the > manufacturer continued to make the machines until 2002 and the > tapes until 2016. Name the device. Betamax > to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which > he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. > Name his discovery. saccharin > silicone oil and boric acid seeking an alternative to rubber for > tank treads, boots, etc. It didn't work, but it led to a popular > children's play product marketed by Crayola. Name the product. Silly Putty -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 06 05:22PM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-08-06, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days. Er, sorry about that. At least we got one more entrant through the delay. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 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". I scored "Odysseus" as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. 3 for Erland. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket... Nantucket (Nan took it). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > It said, on the door, > "Don't spit on the floor", > So he stood up and spat on the... Ceiling. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > She started one day, > In a relative way, > And returned on the... [2 words needed]. Previous night. 4 for everyone. > 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? Hugh Lofting. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 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.) Gub Gub the Pig. > 9. Also living with the doctor was an exotic creature with two > heads at opposite ends of its body. What was it called? A pushmi-pullyu. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > the help of superhero Dr. Manhattan, this tale of over-the-hill > superheroes includes a murder mystery and psychotic vigilante > Rorschach. "Watchmen". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 15. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle published this story, the first > to feature Sherlock Holmes. "A Study in Scarlet". I scored "A Study in Red" as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland. > 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." Kim Campbell (PM for 4 months in 1993). > 2. "Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription." William Lyon Mackenzie King (PM 1921-26, 1926-30, and 1935-48, speaking in 1942). If you didn't know, you might at least have guessed a wartime prime minister. > 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." Jean Chrétien (PM 1993-2003, speaking in 2002). > 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. Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack. > 5. Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off > American soldiers until reinforcements arrive -- when which > 1812 battle is won? Queenston Heights. > 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. Joseph-Armand Bombardier. > but they are actually named for the first chairman of the CRTC, > considered the father of CanCon. Name him -- first and last > name required. Pierre Juneau. (But it's the Juno awards, so I think the goddess got in there too.) > 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. Giller Prize. > named after the filmmaker known for "Mon Oncle Antoine". > The awards were renamed when sexual-abuse allegations surfaced > posthumously. Name him. Claude Jutra. > "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"? Brandon. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 11. Maritimers simply call it "the Nish". Name the city *and > province*. Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 12. Which provincial capital is known as "the Birthplace of > Confederation"? Charlottetown. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 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. Corel. > 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. Videotron. > 15. This Canadian insurance and financial services company was > founded in Toronto in 1887, with Sir John A. MacDonald (Sorry, I knew this: Sir John A. was a Macdonald, not 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. Manulife (accepting the original form, Manufacturers Life). This one rather startled me, because my wife used to work for the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. -- which was founded *in Toronto in 1887 with Macdonald as president*! That company is now part of Travelers. But the facts given are correct for Manulife. I presume Macdonald's presidency of the two separate companies was not a conflict of interest because they only sold different types of insurance -- at least, I know that "the Dominion", as they called it for short, did not offer life insurance when my wife was there. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Can Dan Blum 56 0 56 Joshua Kreitzer 56 0 56 Dan Tilque 32 12 44 Pete Gayde 24 0 24 Erland Sommarskog 14 0 14 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "But even though they probably certainly know that you probably wouldn't, they don't certainly know that although you probably wouldn't there's no probability that you certainly would." -- Sir Humphrey Appleby ("Yes, Prime Minister") on nuclear deterrence My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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