msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 26 08:48PM -0500
Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 1 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins by a healthy margin.
Hearty congratulations, sir!
> I wrote one round in this set and 4 questions in the other round.
Those were the prizes round and pairs A and D in the challenge round.
> in the sciences are often awarded jointly. What """is""" the
> largest number of people who are allowed to share one Nobel
> Prize for physics, for chemistry, or for physiology or medicine?
3. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
When there are 3 shares, they can either be equal or else split ¼:¼:½.
The same rule actually applies to the other three prizes as well,
including the economics prize, which is not really a Nobel.
But whereas it's frequent that the science prizes are shared, for
the peace and literature prize it's not, and the literature prize
has never been shared three ways.
The only type of Nobel Prize that can be -- or, at least, ever has
been -- awarded to an entire organization is the peace prize, but
that organization then counts as one winner.
> 2. Within 10 years, when was the first set of Nobel Prizes awarded?
> The winners were Emil von Behring, Jean Dunant, Jacobus van't
> Hoff, Frédéric Passy, Sully Prudhomme, and Wilhelm Röntgen.
1901 (accepting 1891-1911). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
> us within 2 years what year it was that they """last""" won.
> (Note that the present Ottawa Senators are not the same team
> that played under that name in the 1920s.)
1998 answer: Chicago Blackhawks; 1961, when the name was spelled
Black Hawks (accepting 1959-63); they next won in 2010. 2021 answer:
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1967 (accepting 1965-69). 4 for Dan Tilque
and Erland. 3 for Joshua.
The New York Rangers were a good guess; after winning the Cup in 1940,
they didn't win it again until 1994. But that win still makes them
a wrong answer for either 1998 or 2021.
> """last""" win? (Note: despite how the CFL treats them, the
> present Montreal team is not really the same one that left the
> league in 1987.)
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are correct for both 1998 and 2021.
Their last two wins were in 1986 and 1999, so I'm accepting
1984-88 or 1997-2001.
> 5. Who """is""" the only person to win 4 Oscars for acting in
> leading roles?
Katharine Hepburn. (Both names required. Still correct in 2021.)
4 for Joshua and Pete.
She won for 1932-33, 1967, 1968 (in a tie), and 1981. Meryl Streep
was guessed; she has by far the most nominations in that category
at 17, and a total of 21 counting supporting roles, vs. Hepburn's
12 nominations, all for leading roles. But Streep only has 3 wins,
for a 1979 supporting role for 1979 and 1982 and 2011 leading roles.
but has only won twice (for 1982 and 2011).
> 6. Who """is""" the only person to win more than 15 Oscars,
> counting only actual statuettes?
Walt Disney. (Still correct in 2021.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.
He won statuettes for special awards for 1931-32 and 1938;
Best Two-Reel Short 5 times (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953); Best
Animated Short 3 times (1942, 1953, and posthumously for 1968); Best
Documentary Short twice (1953, 1955); Best Documentary Feature twice
(1953, 1954); Best Live-Action Short once (1958); and his studio
won Best Special Effects once (1954).
His *other* 9 Oscar wins were all for Best Animated Short (1931-32,
1932-33, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941), but in those days
that category only gave a certificate or plaque, not a statuette.
I think this distinction may possibly not have been recognized in
the official Oscars database until recently; when I previously posted
this question it said "more than 20", and I remember checking it in
mid-2020 and didn't see a problem with it then.
I rechecked it after seeing "Jeopardy!" for 2021-02-11, when the
"Final Jeopardy!" question was:
THE FIRST TIME AN INDIVIDUAL WON 4 AWARDS AT
A SINGLE CEREMONY WAS IN 1954 [i.e. for 1953],
WHEN HIS WINS INCLUDED BEST 2-REEL SHORT SUBJECT
The word HIS indicated what was being asked for here, and only one
of the three players got it right.
> 7. The Science Fiction Achievement Award takes its nickname from
> the first name of an author named Gernsback. What is it?
The Hugo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 8. The Mystery Writers of America similarly issue an award given
> a writer's first name. What is this name?
The Edgar. (After Poe.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> about $50,000 US. Andrew Wiles collected the prize for work
> he had completed in 1994. What did he *prove*, justifying its
> traditional name by doing so?
Fermat's Last Theorem. (Anything with Fermat was sufficient, although
there actually are other theorems named after him. Or you could just
state the theorem: a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in integers with
n > 2.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
> a vehicle that they had demonstrated in August 1977, operated
> by cyclist Bryan Allen. Either give the name of this vehicle,
> or tell what was special about it.
It was a human-powered airplane: the Gossamer Condor. 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
The same same designers later won another Kremer Prize when the
Gossamer Albatross, another human-powered plane, crossed the English
Channel.
> "The Electric Horseman" (1979)
> "It Could Happen to You" (1994)
> "The Lady Eve" (1941)
Fonda (respectively: Peter, Jane, Bridget, Henry). 4 for Joshua.
> "Sliver" (1993)
> and of course we couldn't resist using
> "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
Baldwin (respectively: Daniel, Alec, William, Stephen). 4 for
Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
> * B. Ras Tafari Terms
> B1. What is "the holy piby"?
Also called "the black man's Bible": sacred text of Rastafarianism.
> B2. Please answer the previous question before decoding the
> rot13 for this one: What is "wisdomweed"?
Marijuana or "ganga". 4 for everyone.
> * C. Apple
> C1. The two founders of Apple Computer share a first name.
> Name *either one*.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak. 4 for everyone.
> C2. Who *directed* the most famous computer commercial of all
> time, the spot that introduced the Apple Macintosh during
> the Super Bowl in 1984?
Ridley Scott. 4 for Joshua.
> * D. Me-TV
Me-TV was, at that time or maybe a little bit earlier, the name of
a Rogers Cable service package that included these two channels.
> D1. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 44? Or if you have cable from Shaw Communications,
> """it's""" on 50.
The Comedy Network. (Anything with "comedy" was sufficient.)
(Still true for Rogers, but they bought the Shaw territory in Toronto
years ago, and this year have bought Shaw completely -- or will have,
if the government approves the merger.)
> D2. On Rogers Cable in Toronto, what """is""" carried on cable
> channel 47? On Shaw, """it's""" channel 49.
1998 answer: WTBS, TBS, or Turner. 2021 answer (for Rogers):
Turner's affiliate WPCH or Peachtree.
> * E. Art by Any Other Name
> E1. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "La Gioconda"?
Mona Lisa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> E2. What is the more common name of the painting called
> "Arrangement in Grey and Black Number One"?
"Whistler's Mother" or "Portrait of the Artist's Mother".
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Ent Geo His Lit Mis Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 4 40 40 32 16 40 35 28 215
Dan Blum 9 32 27 12 30 40 28 20 177
Dan Tilque 20 4 36 35 16 40 20 16 167
Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 0 14 20 19 97
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 32 0 0 40 16 8 96
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