- QFTCIRS Game 3, Rounds 9-10: musical tours, CanChallenge - 1 Update
- QFTCIRS Game 3, Rounds 7-8: pigments and monsters - 2 Updates
- Calvin's quiz #581 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 19 03:43AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Game 3, Round 9: Entertainment: High-Grossing 2010s Musical Tours We will name the musical tour and give you the number of shows, the year or years, and the gross take. And all you have to do is name the artist or band, as applicable. Information is correct as of August 2019, and I presume the dollars indicated are US. Answers do not repeat. For example, if this round had not been limited to tours of the 2010s, we might have asked: "The Joshua Tree Tour": 109 shows in 2009-2011 grossing $56,300,000. Name the band. and you would have answered "U2". 1. "÷ Tour" (that's a division sign): 205 shows since 2017 grossing $736,700,000. Name the male singer. 2. "Not in this Lifetime" tour: 159 shows since 2016 grossing $563,300,000. Name the band. 3. "A Head Full of Dreams" tour: 114 shows in 2016-2017 grossing $523,000,000. Name the band. 4. "Beautiful Trauma Tour": 156 shows since 2018 grossing $397,300,000. Name the female singer. 5. "MDNA Tour": 88 shows in 2012 grossing $305,200,000. Name the female singer. 6. "Wrecking Ball World Tour": 127 shows in 2012-2013 grossing $347,000,000. Name the act, consisting of a male singer and a backup band; both parts of the name are required. 7. "No Filter Tour": 38 shows since 2017 grossing $346,200,000. Name the band. 8. "<answer 8>'s Reputation Stadium Tour": 53 shows in 2018 grossing $345,700,000. Name the female singer. 9. "Where We Are" tour: 69 shows in 2014 grossing $290,200,000. Name the band. 10. "Out There" tour: 84 shows in 2013-2015 grossing $275,700,000. Name the male singer. ** Game 3, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round * A. 20th-Century Canadian Painters In each case name the painter. A1. Lived 1871-1945. One of the preeminent and most original painters of the first half of the 20th century. Works include "Indian Church", "Blunden Harbour", "Heart of the Forest", and "Big Raven"; a 1971 postage stamp featured the latter. A2. Lived 1882-1953. Known as a painter, printmaker, and writer. His work was overshadowed by the Group of Seven during his early career, but had a more modernistic feel to it, and his frequent use of black in his paintings is considered a characteristic trait of his work. His "Red Nasturtiums" was featured on a 1992 postage stamp. * B. British Columbia Place Names These places in BC have aboriginal names. We give you the English translation and you tell us the place name. B1. "Grizzly Bear". B2. "Big strong people" * C. Farm Teams for Canada We name a farm team in the AHL; you name the corresponding big-league team. Either city (or other place name) or team name will do, and these big-league teams are all based in Canada. C1. Utica Comets. C2. Bakersfield Condors. * D. Canada in 1967 D1. In 1967 the Governor-General of Canada died in office. Either name him or name his replacement. * D2. *Which foreign leader* gave a speech on July 24 in Montreal that was voted the top news story of 1967 by newspaper and radio journalists? * E. Canadian Chemistry Nobelists In each case name them. E1. This German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist won the prize in 1971 "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". E2. This Hungarian-Canadian chemist won in 1986 for his research in chemical kinetics. * F. Canadian Opera Singers F1. Born in 1956 and now a broadcaster after retiring from singing, he first attracted national attention when he won the CBC Talent Festival in 1979. He is most commonly associated with the Germanic repertoire, in particular Wagner, but also performed French and Italian works. Name him. F2. Born in 1930, died 2010, she was an operatic contralto. After giving her debut recital at the Montreal YWCA in 1953, and made her Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut in 1954 in Handel's Messiah before performing with virtually every major orchestra and choir in the world. Name her. -- Mark Brader | "It's not in the slightest bit harder to write Fortran Toronto | or Basic programs in C++ or Smalltalk than it is msb@vex.net | to write them in C or Pascal." -- Peter da Silva My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Nov 18 02:49PM On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:17:02 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > source, but its use was discontinued in the 20th century as the > resource it was made from became unavailable. > What resource? mummies > manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which was harvested > from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae -- > on *what kind of tree*? oak > countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and margarine, > snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods. > What is it called? annotto > and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was so > expensive that it often had its own budget line item on a commission. > What is the name shared by the mineral and the pigment? lapus > It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen a > resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic alternatives. > *What color* does this pigment create? red > problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego bricks used > pigments containing this metal until the 1970s. > Name the metal. lead > in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed to be highly > poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death in exile on St. > Helena. What poison does it contain? arsenic > century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it, too, > was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance in this > brilliant white pigment? uranium > 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit > believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling the > body of a living person to attend to unfinished business golum > livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and whose name > literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported throughout the > Americas. chupacabra > 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit > from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family member. banshee > 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology, > a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign but > mischievous creature." What is the creature? dullahan |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 19 03:39AM -0600 Mark Brader: > Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the > 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable. > What resource? Mummies. It was called Mummy Brown. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which > was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae -- > on *what kind of tree*? Oak. 4 for Dan Blum and Bruce. > countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and > margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods. > What is it called? Annatto. 4 for Bruce. > so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on > a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and > the pigment? Lapis Lazuli or Ultramarine. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete and Bruce. > It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen > a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic > alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create? Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. > health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego > bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s. > Name the metal. Cadmium. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed > to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death > in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain? Arsenic. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. > century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it, > too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance > in this brilliant white pigment? Lead. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > been given a one-word name that comes from the French word > for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally > discovered color? Mauve. 4 for Dan Tilque. > Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment. > This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing > done by a human on earth. What pigment is this? Ocher. 4 for Dan Tilque. > | Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo > | Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee > | Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie Just for fun, I equalized the column lengths in this presentation by adding to the list of folkloric creatures two from movies: "Godzilla" (anglicization of the Japanese movie monster "Gojira") and "wookiee" (from the "Star Wars" series). Accordingly I was rather surprised when "wookiee" was actually given as an answer. Anyway, this was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit > believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling > the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business Dybbuk. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and > whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported > throughout the Americas. Chupacabra. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit > from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family > member. Banshee. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were > introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have > an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries. Ghoul. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology, > a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign > but mischievous creature." What is the creature? Phooka or Puca. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants, > these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also > inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals. Wendigo. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear > as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title > of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman Skinwalkers. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest > in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of > a mortar and pestle. Baba Yaga. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places, > and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans, > or storms. Djinn. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately, > he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway, > he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider. Anansi. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Spo H/G Art G/H Sci Mis FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 24 40 14 40 16 40 144 Dan Blum 4 40 6 32 20 39 131 Dan Tilque 4 36 0 32 20 32 120 Pete Gayde 36 34 -- -- 15 15 100 Erland Sommarskog 0 40 0 36 0 12 88 "Calvin" 4 18 7 21 -- -- 50 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 23 8 31 -- Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being msb@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Nov 18 02:42PM On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:54:39 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 In the United States, which two digit number is also a slang term for > getting rid of someone or something? 86 > 2 Who versatile German-American composer won four Oscars for Best > Original Music Score, including for My Fair Lady and Gigi? > 3 On 30 May 2019, James Marape replaced Peter O'Neill as Prime Minister > of which country? > 4 The element copper is named after which island in the Mediterranean? cyprus > 5 Who did Johnny Depp portray in the 2004 film Finding Neverland? > 6 By what name is the Indonesian island of Celebes more commonly known > 7 What is the largest, living land carnivore? > 8 Which 1986 Paul Simon album won a Grammy for album of the year? > 9 The Albany and New York City ports are located on which river? hudson |
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