| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 28 02:08AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-17, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote Round 9 and two pairs in the challenge round. ** Game 5, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - 3-Digit Numbers All answers are 3-digit numbers. 1. Provincial highways in Ontario are classified into King's, secondary, and tertiary highways. What """is""" the highest King's highway number? 2. On the TTC (okay, that's Toronto Transit Commission), what is the highest route number operating today, within 3? 3. A movie in 2000 told a fictional World War II story of Americans stealing a German U-boat. What was its U-number, within 10? 4. According to Boeing, this model of airliner is the most successful in history. On average there """are""" 1,000 of them in the air at any time. 5. The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran began in 1979 and lasted to the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. How many days was it, within 10? 6. In computers, how many distinct values can a standard 8-bit byte represent? 7. How many pounds are there in a long hundredweight (that is, the British hundredweight)? 8. According to the novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the ignition temperature of book paper in degrees Fahrenheit? 9. Name the """newest""" telephone area code to be partly or wholly within our local calling region. It was overlaid on area code 905 in 2001. 10. In most of the US and Canada we have 911, but what is the common emergency phone number now adopted by most European countries? Hint: this answer has already come up once in this round. ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Famous Names from Comics A1. This hero is aided by Princess Narda and the gigantic Lothar. His comic strip, created in 1934 by Lee Falk, """still appears""" in daily newspapers. A2. Her parents were a mortal woman and Koliak, King of the Northern Lights. Who was this Canadian Golden Age comic book heroine, whose name was given to a TV and multimedia production company? * B. Buffy and Angel Sidekicks These questions pertain to characters on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel". B1. Give any one of the names applied to the green-skinned demon hipster lounge lizard who """is""" a recurring character on "Angel", and """is""" played by Andy Hallett. B2. She started life as a human some 1,100 years ago, and """is now""" a human again, but in between, what kind of creature was Anya (also known as Anyanka), a character from "Buffy" portrayed by Emma Caulfield? Be sufficiently specific. * C. Reproductive Terminology C1. What is a nullipara? C2. The linea nigra is a darkening that may appear during pregnancy in the form of a line between what two body locations? Give both. * D. Vaguely Related Meanings of V-1 ["vee one" in both cases] D1. What is your job if, during a certain activity in your typical working day, you are careful to inform the co-worker sitting next to you when your speed has reached V-1? D2. (This question is rot13'd so that its vague relatedness to question D1 will not provide a hint on D1. Please decipher only when you are finished with D1.) Yngr va Jbeyq Jne VV, gur Treznaf ortna nggnpxvat gurve rarzvrf hfvat n jrncba gurl pnyyrq gur I-1. Jung fcrpvsvp pngrtbel bs zbqrea jrncba, nyorvg jvgu n orggre ratvar naq n zhpu zber fbcuvfgvpngrq pbageby flfgrz, vf zbfg fvzvyne gb gur I-1? * E. Everybody who Talks about the Weather For this pair please give only the original correct answers. E1. These questions ask about Toronto weathercasters. Name any one of the three people who """are""" regular hosts of The Weather Network's "Good Morning Toronto". E2. CBC Radio decided that it needed its own trained meteorologist to interpret the weather for its Toronto morning show audience instead of relying on good old Environment Canada. So they went out and got one: name her. She used to work at the aforementioned Weather Network, by the way. * F. The Northernmost Extent F1. In the days before the megacity, which member municipality of Metropolitan Toronto extended the farthest north? F2. This question is about Canadian provinces; ignore the territories. If there are multiple answers, all extending equally far, then we're going to need all of them. And the question, of course, is: which province, or provinces, """extends""" the farthest north? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "These days, it seems even PCs have to be PC." msb@vex.net | -- Michael Quinion My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 28 09:13AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WdydnaLaGNbjD3TCnZ2dnUU7- > All answers are 3-digit numbers. > 3. A movie in 2000 told a fictional World War II story of Americans > stealing a German U-boat. What was its U-number, within 10? 419 > 4. According to Boeing, this model of airliner is the most > successful in history. On average there """are""" 1,000 of > them in the air at any time. 737 > 5. The hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran began in > 1979 and lasted to the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency. > How many days was it, within 10? 444 > 6. In computers, how many distinct values can a standard 8-bit > byte represent? 256 > 8. According to the novel by Ray Bradbury, what is the ignition > temperature of book paper in degrees Fahrenheit? 451 > 10. In most of the US and Canada we have 911, but what is the common > emergency phone number now adopted by most European countries? > Hint: this answer has already come up once in this round. 119; 999 > A1. This hero is aided by Princess Narda and the gigantic Lothar. > His comic strip, created in 1934 by Lee Falk, """still > appears""" in daily newspapers. Mandrake > Northern Lights. Who was this Canadian Golden Age comic > book heroine, whose name was given to a TV and multimedia > production company? Nelvana > * C. Reproductive Terminology > C1. What is a nullipara? a woman who has never given birth > equally far, then we're going to need all of them. And the > question, of course, is: which province, or provinces, > """extends""" the farthest north? Quebec; Ontario -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 28 02:07AM -0600 Mark Brader: > We'll give you two towns or cities that are located in the same US > state; you simply name the state. > 1. Lubbock, Midland. Texas. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 2. Coeur d'Alene ["core da-LANE"], Twin Falls. Idaho. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. Sheboygan, Eau Claire. Wisconsin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 4. Great Falls, Missoula. Montana. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 5. Calais ["CAL-uss"], Houlton ["HOLE-tun"]. Maine. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Orem, Moab. Utah. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 7. Terre Haute ["TARE-uh HOAT"], Muncie. Indiana. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. Lawrence, Leavenworth. Kansas. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. Islamorada ["eye-la-mo-RAH-da"], Hialeah ["hi-uh-LEE-uh"]. Florida. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 10. Barstow, Oxnard. California. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > plenty of lovers. Oh, and a wife, too. The following questions > deal with the women in Zeus's life. Where applicable, you can use > either the Greek or the Roman/Latin name to answer a question. Zeus himself became Jupiter to the Romans. > Kronos wanted to eat the newborn god. Rhea hid Zeus in a > cave, to start with, but what stratagem did she then use to > trick Kronos? She fed him a stone instead of Zeus. 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. Zeus's jealous wife, the queen of the gods, was also his sister. > Name her. Hera (Roman: Juno). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Zeus carried the maiden Europa from the Lebanese coast to Crete. > What shape did Zeus adopt to lure Europa to Europe? A bull. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 4. According to one version of the story, Zeus visited Leda -- > a married woman -- and begot upon her Helen of Troy and some > other children. What form did Zeus take to seduce Leda? A swan. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > the twelve Olympian gods. Each twin carries a bow and arrows. > The brother is identified with the sun and the sister with > the moon. Name *both* of them. Apollo, Artemis (Roman: Diana). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > nymph into an animal. But his wife found out and chased Io all > the way to Egypt with stinging flies. What kind of animal did > Io become? A cow or heifer. > Persephone's mother spent a whole winter looking for her. > Persephone's mother was an Earth Mother, the goddess of > cereals and farming. Name her. Demeter (Roman: Ceres). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 8. After impregnating a female Titan, Zeus swallowed her and later > gave birth to a daughter who emerged from his head. Which > goddess was born from Zeus's head? Athena (or Pallas Athene; Roman: Minerva). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 9. The father of a princess named Danae imprisoned her in a tower, > but Zeus got in through the window, as shown in a painting > by Titian. What form did Zeus take to get in the window? A shower of gold (or gold coins). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 10. Zeus and his wife argued over an important point that could > only be resolved by Tiresias, a prophet who had lived as both > a man and a woman. What point were they arguing over? "Who enjoys sex more, a man or a woman?" (The answer was: "a woman, ten times as much!" --And no, I don't know which sex the person who originated the story was.) 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Ent His Spo Can Geo Lit FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 32 31 12 8 40 12 115 Dan Tilque 12 32 -- -- 40 28 112 Dan Blum 16 28 16 5 36 32 112 Pete Gayde 8 24 20 0 36 0 88 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 -- -- 8 8 28 -- Mark Brader | "In a case like this, where the idiom is old and its wiring Toronto | probably a mess, we tamper with nothing. There is always msb@vex.net | the danger it will blow up in your face." -- Matthew Hart My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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