| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 23 12:25AM -0500 Mark Brader: > We name a fictional dwelling place; you name the author who > created it. > 1. Manderley. Daphne du Maurier. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin. > 2. Brideshead Castle. Evelyn Waugh. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. > 3. Hill House. Shirley Jackson. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 4. Blandings Castle. P.G. Wodehouse. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. > 5. Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontė. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Calvin. > 6. Villa Villakula. Astrid Lindgren. 4 for Erland and Stephen. > 7. Tara. Margaret Mitchell. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 8. Malfoy Manor. J.K. Rowling. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 9. Bag End. J.R.R. Tolkien. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 10. Pemberley. Jane Austen. 4 for Stephen and Calvin. > | Cria | Hatchling | Porcupette > | Cub | Joey | Poult > 1. Alligator. Hatchling. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 2. Hawk. Eyas. (See below.) 4 for Stephen. > 3. Koala. Joey. 4 for Stephen and Pete. 2 for Joshua. > 4. Alpaca or llama. Cria. 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 5. Pigeon. Squab. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin. > 6. Swan. Cygnet. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 7. Clam. Larva. 4 for Stephen. > 8. Hare. Leveret. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin. > 9. Cicada. Nymph. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 10. Salmon. Smolt. 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin. We weren't given a list of the others, but I looked them up. In some cases the term relates to a specific stage of growth or to an animal in specific circumstances, and in some it has the meaning I list but typically covers a narrower range of species than listed here. Antling -> ant Calf -> bovine, elephant, moose, whale Caterpillar -> butterfly, moth Chick -> bird Chrysalis -> certain insects (but the cicada) Cockrell -> no such meaning in modern English that I can find Cosset -> sheep Cub -> carnivorous mammal, shark Elver -> eel Farrow -> pig Fawn -> deer Fingerling -> fish Fledgling -> bird Kit -> beaver, cat, fox, raccoon Kitten -> beaver, cat Pinkie -> greenbottle fly Pluteus -> echinoid, ophiuroid Porcupette -> porcupine Poult -> fowl Puggle -> monotreme Pullet -> chicken Pupa -> certain insects (but the cicada) Spiderling -> spider Whelp -> carnivorous mammal In the original game the warning that you had to use the most specific term was not present; consequently both "chick" and "fledgling" were protested for "hawk", and could also have been protested for "pigeon" or "swan". However, with that wording in place, they were wrong answers for all three of those questions. Similarly "fingerling" was not acceptable for "salmon", and there may have been others. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Sci Stephen Perry 40 40 80 Joshua Kreitzer 23 30 53 "Calvin" 30 16 46 Dan Blum 28 12 40 Dan Tilque 16 8 24 Pete Gayde 16 8 24 Erland Sommarskog 4 4 8 -- Mark Brader | "Nothing is more sacrosanct than our professional ethics. Toronto | Fortunately, I know a trick to get around them." msb@vex.net | --Niles Crane, "Frasier" (Ranberg & Flett-Giordano) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 23 12:32AM -0500 Stephen Perry: > while I did not include the diacritical mark over the final "e" in my > answer, I do not think the one that rot13.com picked in the above > translation is correct. Well, if you must use something other than "tr A-Za-z N-ZA-Mn-za-m" or the g? command in vim, then I figure it's your problem. The character I posted was an ISO 8859-1 "ë" (lower case E with two dots), which you also saw in the answer posting. As a non-ASCII character, it has no business being transformed under rot13. The "derotted" character you posted was Unicode code point 0117 (hex), or a lower case E with one dot. (I don't post in Unicode.) I cannot imagine how that could have arisen, but it wasn't my doing. -- Mark Brader | "Forgive me if I misunderstood myself, but Toronto | I don't think I was arguing in favour of that..." msb@vex.net | -- Geoff Butler My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 23 12:27AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-02-10, 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 MI5 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 4 - Canadiana History - Notable Dates Before Confederation 1. In June 1534, French explorers under the command of Jacques Cartier celebrated this Canadian first at their camp of Brest on Labrador's coast. What did they celebrate? 2. What settlement did Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, establish in 1642? 3. On 1654-08-06, two fur traders began their westward journey. Name *either one*. 4. On 1679-08-07, after being granted permission to explore western North America, which explorer launched the Griffon, the first ship to navigate the Great Lakes? 5. On 1851-08-23, Canada's first official postage stamp was issued. What image was on this three-penny stamp? 6. On 1749-07-09, which Governor of Nova Scotia announced the establishment of Halifax? 7. On 1750-04-17, Fort Rouillé was built with the intention of encouraging the Indigenous people to trade furs with the French. The site of Fort Rouillé is now located in what city? 8. Who most famously died on 1759-09-13? Note: his rival, wounded in the same battle, died the next day. 9. In which battle, occurring on 1812-10-13, was General Isaac Brock killed? 10. Which treaty was signed on 1814-12-24, ending the War of 1812 and restoring the pre-war border with the US? * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Surrounded By We'll name all the countries and bodies of water that surround another country (but not necessarily in order around the country); you name the country that is surrounded. 1. Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger. 2. Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Gulf of Thailand. 3. Atlantic Ocean, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil. 4. Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Syria. 5. China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan. 6. Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Adriatic Sea. 7. Kosovo, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania. 8. Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic. 9. Bangladesh, India, Laos, Thailand, China, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea. 10. Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Gulf of Honduras, Pacific Ocean. -- Mark Brader | "One of the lessons of history is that nothing Toronto | is often a good thing to do and always a clever msb@vex.net | thing to say." -- Will Durant My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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