| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 15 11:36PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25, 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 10, Round 9 - History - Bad Men of Africa Countries may repeat -- Africa's had that kind of history. 1. The self-styled emperor of Central Africa, Jean-Bedel Bokassa spent $20,000,000 US on his 1976 coronation, and ruled from a gilded eagle throne for 3 years before he was deposed by the French. In 1976 he renamed the country he ruled, but it later reverted to its previous name -- which was what? 2. After consolidating power in the Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977-78, Mengistu Haile Mariam became the chairman of the socialist military junta that had deposed the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, and would rule through brutal political crackdowns, famine, and constant civil war. What was the name of the Ethiopian socialist *provisional government* that Mariam headed? 3. In 2012 Charles Taylor became the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since the Nuremberg trials. Trained in guerilla warfare by Moammar Gadhafi himself, he sold diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving as the president of a nearby country. Which one? 4. Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was formerly named in honor of the Belgian king who, from 1885 to 1908, ruled the then-colony with systematic brutality, enslaving Congolese on rubber plantations, administering beatings, mutilation, and widespread killings, and returning the spoils to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. 5. Perhaps attaining the height of his notoriety in 2012 with a bizarre American grass-roots campaign to have him tried for human rights violations, this Ugandan leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army had in fact already been indicted by the UN in 2005 for his use of kidnapped child soldiers and teenage sex slaves. However, he remains at large today. Name him. 6. In 2003, state radio declared president Teodoro Obiang the country's god, who can "decide to kill... without going to Hell". Indeed, in the 40 years while he's been president of this Spanish-speaking central African country, he's been accused of any number of extrajudicial killings and disappearances -- and cannibalism, too. Name the country. 7. When the UK broke diplomatic relations with his government in 1977, the Ugandan president declared that he had finally defeated the British and added CBE to his title -- not Commander of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. 8. Joshua Blahyi was was one of the most feared generals during the in the 1990s, admitting responsibility for 20,000 deaths. He was nicknamed "General Butt Naked", as he was known for charging into battle wearing only shoes. He converted to Christianity and now runs a ministry, no longer a member of the Krahn tribe. Name the country he fought for. 9. Regarded as the first person to publicly admit to committing genocide, this man was the president of Rwanda for all 100 days of the Tutsi-Hutu conflict that killed over 800,000 people. Name that Rwandan president. 10. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir became the president of this country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill non-Arab Africans. Name the country. ** Game 10, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round * A. Sculptors Name them. A1. This Canadian artist works in a range of media, one of which is sculpture. Two of his major installations are "Flight Stop", at the Toronto Eaton Centre, and "The Audience", depicting fans, located above two entrances to the Rogers Centre. A2. This Canadian sculptor of mixed British/Haida ancestry started out making jewelry, later moving onto larger sculptures in bronze, red cedar, and Nootka cypress. His most famous works are bronze sculptures, "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii" located at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, "The Jade Canoe" at Vancouver International Airport, and "Chief of the Undersea World" at the Vancouver Aquarium. * B. Botany Name the plants. B1. A member of the evening primrose family, it gets its name from how quickly it propagates after a fire. Flowers can be pink, magenta, or purple, and occasionally are white or yellow. The Yukon adopted this as its provincial flower in 1957. B2. In Canada, there is a only a single species of this plant, Sarracenia purpurea. It is a perennial herb commonly found in wet, marshy, or boggy habitats low in nutrients. Rosettes of leaves form trumpet-like structures filled with liquid that functions as an insect trap. Newfoundland adopted this as its provincial flower in 1954. * C. Rookie Cabinet Ministers Here are some more current events (which, again, I should have moved into the current-events game; sorry). Justin Trudeau now has 7 cabinet ministers who've just entered cabinet for the first time. We'll name two of them, and in each case, you give us their portfolio. (Both are still in the that portfolio now.) C1. Mona Fortier (hint: this is also a brand-new portfolio). C2. Marco Mendocino. * D. Provinces Joined Confederation Within 1 in each case, in what year did the following provinces join Confederation? D1. Manitoba. D2. Alberta. * E. Canadian Grammy Award Nominees We'll tell you at least some of what they were nominated for, and you name the performer. E1. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Love is Here to Stay", and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "'S Wonderful". E2. Best Pop Vocal Album (it's self-titled) and Song of the Year "In My Blood". * F. Large Canadian Lakes Of lakes wholly in Canada, by area, what is... F1. ...the 2nd-largest? F2. ...the 3rd-largest? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The E-Mail of the species is more deadly msb@vex.net | than the Mail." -- Peter Neumann My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joe Masters <joe@joemasters.me.uk>: Feb 16 07:43AM On 2020-02-16 05:36:41 +0000, Mark Brader said: > diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in > the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving > as the president of a nearby country. Which one? Liberia > to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese > died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number > if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. Leopoldville > of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the > British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, > Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. Idi Amin > country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over > 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill > non-Arab Africans. Name the country. Sudan > be pink, magenta, or purple, and occasionally are white > or yellow. The Yukon adopted this as its provincial flower > in 1957. Phoenix flower > * F. Large Canadian Lakes > Of lakes wholly in Canada, by area, what is... > F1. ...the 2nd-largest? Winnipeg > F2. ...the 3rd-largest? Winnipeg -- "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 |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 16 08:17AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V-mdnSrK5vV0SdXDnZ2dnUU7- > a gilded eagle throne for 3 years before he was deposed by > the French. In 1976 he renamed the country he ruled, but it > later reverted to its previous name -- which was what? Central African Republic > Selassie, and would rule through brutal political crackdowns, > famine, and constant civil war. What was the name of the > Ethiopian socialist *provisional government* that Mariam headed? Derg (?) > diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in > the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving > as the president of a nearby country. Which one? Liberia > to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese > died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number > if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. Leopoldville > Lord's Resistance Army had in fact already been indicted by the > UN in 2005 for his use of kidnapped child soldiers and teenage > sex slaves. However, he remains at large today. Name him. Kory > Spanish-speaking central African country, he's been accused > of any number of extrajudicial killings and disappearances -- > and cannibalism, too. Name the country. Equatorial Guinea > of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the > British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, > Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. Idi Amin > into battle wearing only shoes. He converted to Christianity > and now runs a ministry, no longer a member of the Krahn tribe. > Name the country he fought for. Sudan > country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over > 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill > non-Arab Africans. Name the country. Sudan > be pink, magenta, or purple, and occasionally are white > or yellow. The Yukon adopted this as its provincial flower > in 1957. phoenix flower > Within 1 in each case, in what year did the following provinces join > Confederation? > D1. Manitoba. 1868; 1871 > D2. Alberta. 1868; 1871 > * F. Large Canadian Lakes > Of lakes wholly in Canada, by area, what is... > F1. ...the 2nd-largest? Great Slave Lake; Lake Winnipeg > F2. ...the 3rd-largest? Great Slave Lake; Lake Winnipeg -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 16 11:29AM +0100 > a gilded eagle throne for 3 years before he was deposed by > the French. In 1976 he renamed the country he ruled, but it > later reverted to its previous name -- which was what? Central African Republic > diamonds, ran weapons, and trained child soldiers to fight in > the 1990s civil war in Sierra Leone -- all the while serving > as the president of a nearby country. Which one? Liberia > to Belgium to finance building projects. Millions of Congolese > died in this enterprise. Name that king (give name and number > if applicable), or name the city as it used to be known. Leopoldville > Spanish-speaking central African country, he's been accused > of any number of extrajudicial killings and disappearances -- > and cannibalism, too. Name the country. Equatorial Guinea > of the Order of the British Empire, but "Conqueror of the > British Empire". *Name* His Excellency, President for Life, > Field Marshal Al-haji Doctor, VC, DSO, MC, CBE. Idi Amin > country in 1989. He is responsible for the deaths of over > 300,000 people after he funded terrorist groups to kill > non-Arab Africans. Name the country. Sudan |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 15 11:35PM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services > he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays > subsequently named after him". Wilhelm Röntgen. (Röntgen rays are now called X-rays.) 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joe, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the > physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital > aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged". Ivan Pavlov. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. > 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the > advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta". Max Planck. 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation > of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating > from them". Niels Bohr. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light > and for the discovery of the effect named after him". Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. > 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics, > the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery > of the allotropic forms of hydrogen". Werner Heisenberg. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive > elements". Name *either one* of the two winners. Frédéric Joliot, Irène Joliot-Curie (accepting Irène Curie if first and last name were both given). It was 1903 when Pierre and Marie Curie shared the physics prize (along with Henri Becquerel), and 1911 when Marie Curie won her second (this time for chemistry and not shared). > of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, > and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought > about by slow neutrons". Enrico Fermi. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the > production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation". Hermann Muller. > discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic > acids and its significance for information transfer in living > material": name *any one* of the three winners. Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck. > (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described > here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.) Enough hints in these questions? Sheesh. In the original game, this was the second-easiest round in the game and also in the entire season, right behind the tea-towel round. > the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name > in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation > for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers. Crazy eights. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > another player for all of his cards with a particular value, > and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells > the requester to take a card from the pool of cards. Go fish (or fish). 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand > can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations > include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em. Poker, duh. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is > turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes > the second-highest trump. Euchre. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, and Pete. > the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by > 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. > Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases. Pinochle ["PEE-nuck'll"]. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until > his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play, > house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw. Blackjack (accepting 21 or vingt-et-un). 4 for everyone. > the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the > show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used > to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board. Cribbage (or crib). 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the > discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched > cards on the declaring player's melds or runs. Gin rummy (or gin). 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > goes first. The goal of the game is [to] avoid collecting any > cards of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit, > or to boldly take all 14 of those cards. Hearts. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the > best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract > and duplicate. Name the game. Bridge, duh. 4 for everyone. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Ent Mis Lit Sci Lei FOUR Pete Gayde 40 32 12 0 15 40 127 Dan Blum 39 20 20 24 23 40 126 Joshua Kreitzer 40 28 20 28 24 20 120 "Calvin" 25 35 7 4 20 32 112 Dan Tilque 40 8 15 0 20 36 111 Joe Masters -- -- 24 12 8 28 72 Erland Sommarskog 16 16 -- -- 16 8 56 -- Mark Brader | "A private business wants to make a profit, so they Toronto | aren't going to do things to hurt their customers. msb@vex.net | Therefore, this must have been a good thing for you... | you owe them a thank-you note." --Alan Hamilton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 16 11:19AM +0100 > Wilhelm Röntgen. (Röntgen rays are now called X-rays.) In English. In Swedish, we still use Röntgen all over the place. |
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