| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 14 07:31PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-10-21, 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 5, Round 9 - Literature: Pen Names Either we'll give you the writer's pen name and you give their real name, or vice versa. 1. Howard Allen Frances O'Brien (real name), horror novelist. 2. Initially Ruth Crowley and later Eppie Lederer (real names), columnists. 3. Anthony Afterwit and also Silence Dogood (pen names), founding father of the United States. 4. Eric Arthur Blair (real name), novelist.. 5. Hector Hugh Munro (real name), satirist and playwright. 6. Allen Steward Konigsberg (real name), actor-director. 7. John Hill (real name), thriller novelist. 8. Jacob Kurtzburg (real name), comic book illustrator and writer. 9. Humphrey Ploughjogger (pen name), founding father of the United States. 10. Gloria Jean Watkins (pen name), cultural theorist, feminist, and social activist. ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Imperial Measures Sometimes you can't find your tablespoon or a measuring cup -- so what do you do? A1. You can't find your tablespoon, but you do have a teaspoon. How many teaspoons of sugar would you need to make 1 tablespoon of sugar? A2. Now you've found your tablespoon, but mislaid your measuring cup. How many tablespoons of sugar would you need to make 1/4 cup of sugar? * B. Pro Football Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees Name these players who were inducted this year in their first year of eligibility. B1. This tight end played for the Kansas City Chiefs 1997 to 2008, and for the Atlanta Falcons from 2009 to 2013. B2. This cornerback played for the Washington Redskins from 1999 to 2003 and for the Denver Broncos from 2004 to 2013. * C. The Color Spectrum C1. What name is given to the given to the portion of the spectrum adjacent to the visible-light portion, with the next-shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies? C2. Within the visible-light portion of the spectrum, which color has the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength? * D. Indigenous Authors D1. She was born in 1861 on the Six Nations Reserve near present-day Brantford, to a Mohawk chief and an English mother. She died in 1913 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was known as a poet, writer, artist and performer. Two of her poetry collections were "The White Wampum" and "Flint and Feather". Give *either* the English or the Mohawk name she was known by. D2. He was born in 1951 in northwestern Manitoba. He is known as a playwright, actor, pianist and songwriter. Two of his plays, "The Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing", both won Doras. Name him. * E. Halloween Movies We give you the year of release and the lead cast members; you name the movie. E1. 1993. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz. E2. 1995. Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle. * F. Exports We give you the top three exporters of a given commodity; you name the commodity. F1. China, India, Indonesia. F2. Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia. -- Mark Brader | Does anybody seriously believe that if a bunch of horses Toronto | saw a giant egg broken into pieces, their response would msb@vex.net | be: "Hey! Let's try to reassemble this!"? --Dave Barry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 15 03:56AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:toCdnZwmwZ58EWjAnZ2dnUU7- > Either we'll give you the writer's pen name and you give their > real name, or vice versa. > 1. Howard Allen Frances O'Brien (real name), horror novelist. Anne Rice > 2. Initially Ruth Crowley and later Eppie Lederer (real names), > columnists. Ann Landers > 3. Anthony Afterwit and also Silence Dogood (pen names), founding > father of the United States. Benjamin Franklin > 4. Eric Arthur Blair (real name), novelist.. George Orwell > 5. Hector Hugh Munro (real name), satirist and playwright. Saki > 6. Allen Steward Konigsberg (real name), actor-director. Woody Allen > 8. Jacob Kurtzburg (real name), comic book illustrator and writer. Jack Kirby > A1. You can't find your tablespoon, but you do have a teaspoon. > How many teaspoons of sugar would you need to make > 1 tablespoon of sugar? 3; 2 > A2. Now you've found your tablespoon, but mislaid your measuring > cup. How many tablespoons of sugar would you need to make > 1/4 cup of sugar? 8; 6 > C1. What name is given to the given to the portion of the > spectrum adjacent to the visible-light portion, with the > next-shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies? ultraviolet; infrared > C2. Within the visible-light portion of the spectrum, which > color has the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength? red; violet > name the movie. > E1. 1993. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, > Omri Katz. "Hocus Pocus" > E2. 1995. Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, > Eric Idle. "Casper" > We give you the top three exporters of a given commodity; you name > the commodity. > F1. China, India, Indonesia. rice > F2. Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia. coffee -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 15 05:12AM > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Literature: Pen Names > 1. Howard Allen Frances O'Brien (real name), horror novelist. Peter Straub; Clive Barker > 2. Initially Ruth Crowley and later Eppie Lederer (real names), > columnists. Ann Landers > 3. Anthony Afterwit and also Silence Dogood (pen names), founding > father of the United States. Benjamin Franklin > 4. Eric Arthur Blair (real name), novelist.. George Orwell > 5. Hector Hugh Munro (real name), satirist and playwright. Saki > 6. Allen Steward Konigsberg (real name), actor-director. Woody Allen > 7. John Hill (real name), thriller novelist. James Patterson; Robert Ludlum > 8. Jacob Kurtzburg (real name), comic book illustrator and writer. Jack Kirby > 9. Humphrey Ploughjogger (pen name), founding father of the > United States. Thomas Paine > 10. Gloria Jean Watkins (pen name), cultural theorist, feminist, > and social activist. Gloria Steinem > A1. You can't find your tablespoon, but you do have a teaspoon. > How many teaspoons of sugar would you need to make > 1 tablespoon of sugar? 3 > A2. Now you've found your tablespoon, but mislaid your measuring > cup. How many tablespoons of sugar would you need to make > 1/4 cup of sugar? 8 > C1. What name is given to the given to the portion of the > spectrum adjacent to the visible-light portion, with the > next-shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies? ultraviolet > C2. Within the visible-light portion of the spectrum, which > color has the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength? red > * E. Halloween Movies > E1. 1993. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, > Omri Katz. Hocus Pocus > * F. Exports > F1. China, India, Indonesia. tea; rice > F2. Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia. silver -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 14 09:05PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:JLCdnUVL3abyGmzAnZ2dnUU7- > from leukemia in 1934. Curie is the first and only person to > have received two Nobel Prizes in science. One was in chemistry. > In what field was the other? Physics > On a subsequent trip in 1785, upon reaching 1,500 feet the > balloon caught fire and he fell to his death. *What body of > water* was he attempting to fly across on that final voyage? English Channel; Seine River > onto a plutonium bomb core; he managed to stop the reaction > but died of radiation 25 days later. Name the secret military > project. Manhattan Project > self-experimentation, where doctors and nurses would let infected > mosquitos bite them and track disease incidence. One doctor, > and nurse Clara Maass, died of this disease. Name it. Malaria > to audiences how chess adapted to a future predominated by > space travel. Rules for the game were never described within > the series. Star Trek > can use the commode of igloos, cave dwellings, or tents. No need > to explain when you gotta drain. Just don't whiz on the electric > fence." Name the 1990s animated series that featured this game. Ren and Stimpy > blackjack, and (more important) whatever Hawkeye decides to > add to it. "Bishops are worth three jacks, checkers are wild, > and you have to be 21 or over to open", he tells Radar. M*A*S*H > a circular board. Popular amongst smugglers, Holochess was > usually installed in common areas of cargo ships, most notably > a particular Corellian light freighter. Star Wars > the driver - who is forced into a riding position - with a > protective canopy. Each Light Cycle is colored according to > the color of the rod that generated it. Tron > of Chance, you go past the Mud Hut through the Rainbow Ring to > get to the Golden Monkey, you pull his tail and boom, you're > in Paradise Pond." Shrek > includes excruciating physical challenges (darts in the hand), > and level 3 is about emotional abuse. Each round requires a > different kind of alcohol, too." Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 14 07:29PM -0600 Mark Brader: > were harmful. He had the habit of tasting any new substance he > discovered, and yes, eventually he died from this. Name *any > one* of the elements he is credited for discovering. Chlorine, manganese, molybdenum, oxygen, tungsten. 4 for Bruce and Erland. > life's work, she died of an extremely widespread and violent > cancer in 1905. Name the scientific breakthrough that lead to > her career, or the field of study. X-rays, radiology (accepting radiography). 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 1928 after working with blood from a young man who was infected > with malaria and tuberculosis. Name the procedure that this > scientist pioneered. Blood transfusions. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Calvin. > from leukemia in 1934. Curie is the first and only person to > have received two Nobel Prizes in science. One was in chemistry. > In what field was the other? Physics. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. The sentence about "first and only" was wrong; see Dan Blum's correction in the thread. Sorry. > On a subsequent trip in 1785, upon reaching 1,500 feet the > balloon caught fire and he fell to his death. *What body of > water* was he attempting to fly across on that final voyage? English Channel. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > to have witnessed a blue glow of air ionization. Slotin died > 9 days later. Afterwards, the spherical plutonium core was > given what hellish nickname? Demon core. 4 for Bruce and Dan Tilque. > onto a plutonium bomb core; he managed to stop the reaction > but died of radiation 25 days later. Name the secret military > project. Manhattan. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > workers. Casadaban was found to have undiagnosed hereditary > disease that overloaded his system with iron, and likely played > a role in his death. Name that hereditary disease. Hemochromatosis. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > self-experimentation, where doctors and nurses would let infected > mosquitos bite them and track disease incidence. One doctor, > and nurse Clara Maass, died of this disease. Name it. Yellow fever. (Newly important because it killed laborers on the Panama Canal project.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > as a new viral threat. Two weeks later he developed signs of > the infection, and in two more weeks he was dead. However, > he was the first to warn the world of... what fatal discovery? Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > to audiences how chess adapted to a future predominated by > space travel. Rules for the game were never described within > the series. "Star Trek". (First seen on the original series, but accepting any version.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > can use the commode of igloos, cave dwellings, or tents. No need > to explain when you gotta drain. Just don't whiz on the electric > fence." Name the 1990s animated series that featured this game. "Ren & Stimpy". 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > blackjack, and (more important) whatever Hawkeye decides to > add to it. "Bishops are worth three jacks, checkers are wild, > and you have to be 21 or over to open", he tells Radar. "M*A*S*H". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > get to know Victoria better, but the rules involve personal > trivia, drinking, and an all-important buzzer. It uses a Candy > Land board, poker chips, cards, and a sorting hat. "How I Met Your Mother". 4 for Joshua. > a circular board. Popular amongst smugglers, Holochess was > usually installed in common areas of cargo ships, most notably > a particular Corellian light freighter. "Star Wars". (Again, first seen in the original movie, but accepting any version.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Calvin, and Pete. > while wearing a hat that says 'Ledgerman'). Then there's the > Challenge Play... the thing about the Challenge Play is that > it's basically the game... in reverse." "Parks & Recreation". 4 for Dan Blum. > insulting the player. The interaction between the protagonist > and the AI "alien child" primed the lead character for his > romantic relationship with an operating system. "Her". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > the driver - who is forced into a riding position - with a > protective canopy. Each Light Cycle is colored according to > the color of the rod that generated it. "Tron". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Pete. > of Chance, you go past the Mud Hut through the Rainbow Ring to > get to the Golden Monkey, you pull his tail and boom, you're > in Paradise Pond." "Friends". > includes excruciating physical challenges (darts in the hand), > and level 3 is about emotional abuse. Each round requires a > different kind of alcohol, too." "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia". 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis Ent Sci Ent FOUR Dan Blum 27 3 36 11 32 28 123 Bruce Bowler 36 0 24 4 28 16 104 Pete Gayde 16 3 36 4 11 20 83 Dan Tilque 24 8 16 0 32 8 80 Joshua Kreitzer 12 0 28 8 12 28 80 "Calvin" 14 0 24 0 16 12 66 Erland Sommarskog 8 0 -- -- 24 0 32 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 8 24 -- -- 32 -- Mark Brader | The last 10% of the performance sought contributes Toronto | one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. msb@vex.net | -- Norm Augustine My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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