| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 02:12AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09, 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 the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 7 - Entertainment - TV in the Hospital These questions are in chronological order according to the date of the first episode of each of these TV series that are either medical dramas or feature a medical setting. 1. "Dr. Kildare" started as a series of movies, but we're talking about the TV series here. Tell us the actor who played James Kildare opposite Canada's Raymond Massey as his mentor Dr. Leonard Gillespie. 2. What series starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe premiered 4 days after "Dr. Kildare"? 3. This series """has been running""" since 1963, and """has""" a spinoff called "Port Charles" after the town where it is set. Name it. 4. This short-lived Canadian series starred John Vernon as a crusading coroner, based on real-life Toronto coroner Morton Shulman. Its title was simply the character's surname: what was it? 5. The series title "St. Elsewhere" was the nickname of what fictional hospital where it was set? 6. The TV series "M*A*S*H" had two sequels; name either one. The first was named after a character: supply the first *and* last names as used in the title. *Or* just give the title of the second sequel, which ran for 1½ seasons and revived the characters of Sherman Potter, Max and Soon-Li Klinger, and Francis Mulcahy. 7. What series, set in a Vietnam War medical facility, starred Dana Delany as nurse Colleen McMurphy? 8. Neil Patrick Harris starred as a 16-year-old doctor on this series named for his character. Give his first and last names as they appeared in the title. (Correct spelling required for full points.) 9. What """current""" series has father and son lead characters who """are""" played by a real-life father and son? 10. The """newest""" doctors to appear as regulars on "ER" are Anna del Amico and Elizabeth Corday. Name either of the actresses who """play""" them. * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Quotations We'll give a quotation and a clue. You supply the originator. As will become obvious, some of these people were not actually speaking or writing in English. 1. What Roman Emperor, who died in 68, said as his last words: "What an artist dies in me!"? 2. A French romantic poet and novelist is remembered for, among other things, his lower-class Parisian characters. On the wall of the room where he died in 1885, he wrote: "I represent... the party of revolution, civilization. This party will make the 20th century. There will issue from it first the United States of Europe, then the United States of the World." 3. Who answered critics with the line, "I cried all the way to the bank"? 4. Name the person who made himself infamous with (among other things) these words: "I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. And I say, 'Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!'" 5. An early Christian writer wrote that when he was young he used to pray, "Give me chastity and continence, but not just now." Who was he? 6. One of her best-known essays contains the following definition: "Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style -- but a particular kind of style. It is the love of the exaggerated, the 'off'... The ultimate Camp statement: 'It's good because it's awful.'" Name her. 7. This writer's stories showed an unusual side of 20th-century Berlin, and contained the line: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Who is the writer? 8. Who telephoned the question "Is Paris burning?" -- and did not receive a truthful answer? 9. Name the Canadian physician and teacher who wrote in 1904: "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes men from animals." 10. What behavioral psychologist wrote these encouraging words? "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Infinity is not a big number." msb@vex.net --Matt Parker My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Apr 13 02:21PM On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:17:29 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of > Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and Place > Ville Marie in Montreal. I.M. Pei > 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal > at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Saarinen > 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy, > France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the main > government buildings in Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier > 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the > Guggenheim Museum in New York. Frank LLoyd Wright > 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician, > designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Wren > designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao, > Spain, widely called by architects the most important building of > """this""" century. Frank Gehry > Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome. > 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in > Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who? Thomas Jefferson > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science > 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet > engine? the rocket carries its own oxygen > and fuel are mixed together in powder or similar form. The name of > their inventor is unknown today, so just tell us what country they > were invented in. China > have contained between them four models of liquid-fueled main engines > and used three different liquid fuels. Name *any one* of these three > fuels. Kerosene > what man, who together with his key team members defected to the > Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position on > Project Apollo? Von Braun > American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that his > work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military funding > that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name? Goddard > must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape > velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest > multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000). 25000 mph > 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its > trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by what > adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult? parabola > gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else *orbiting > around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape must its orbit > have? ellipse > of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of specific > terms for the high and low points of an orbit around the Sun. Name > *any one* of the four words. apogee |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 02:10AM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the science round. > nickname/soubriquet. > 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed > the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. ("Mies" or "van der Rohe" was sufficient.) 4 for Joshua. > 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of > Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and > Place Ville Marie in Montreal. I.M. Pei. (He died in 2019.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal > at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Eero Saarinen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. As usual, the first name was not required -- this was a bit generous, as his father Eliel was also a well-known architect -- but you had to get it right if you gave it. > 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy, > France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the > main government buildings in Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier. (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris.) 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the > Guggenheim Museum in New York. Frank Lloyd Wright. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. > 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician, > designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Sir Christopher Wren. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University, > """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and > Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal. Moshe Safdie. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua. > designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao, > Spain, widely called by architects the most important building > of """this""" century. Frank Gehry. (Still alive and still in Los Angeles.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. The museum in Bilbao opened in 1997. It's where the first scene of the 1999 James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" takes place. > 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's > Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome. Michelangelo. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. > 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in > Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who? Thomas Jefferson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science > 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet > engine? This was suposed to be one of the easy ones. A rocket carries a supply of oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen; a jet consumes oxygen from the surrounding air. 4 for Dan Tilque and Bruce. > and fuel are mixed together in powder or similar form. The name > of their inventor is unknown today, so just tell us what country > they were invented in. China. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. They were used as weapons against the Mongols in 1232. > Shuttle have contained between them four models of liquid-fueled > main engines and used three different liquid fuels. Name *any > one* of these three fuels. Alcohol (ethanol), kerosene (RP-1), liquid hydrogen. 4 for Dan Tilque and Bruce. Alcohol on the V-2; kerosene on the Saturn V's first stage; hydrogen on the Saturn V's other two stages and on the Shuttle (which last operated in 2011). > what man, who together with his key team members defected to > the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position > on Project Apollo? Wernher von Braun. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. They picked the Americans on the grounds that "we despise the French; we are mortally afraid of the Russians; and we do not believe the British can afford us". When they decided to go, they were much nearer to the Russian lines than the American, but a trip across Germany to transport their research to a safer place where work would continue was approved. Accordingly they were able to take with them hundreds of personnel and also large amounts of equipment and rocket parts. > American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that > his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military > funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name? Robert Goddard. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. Goddard had already written about the possibilities of rockets in space exploration, but in 1920 the "New York Times" ridiculed his elementary error of assuming that a rocket could actually work in space. It was all right, through -- when Apollo 11 was en route to the Moon in 1969, they apologized for the error. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html > must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape > velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest > multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000). 25,000 mph (accepting 22,500-27,500); 40,200 km/h (accepting 32,200-44,200). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its > trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by > what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult? Ballistic. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you > must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor. > Why is this step necessary? In zero gravity the propellants (fuel and oxidizer) just float around in the tanks and won't go where they're needed. The ullage motor creates enough acceleration that they settle at the bottom of the tanks to be pumped to the (main) motor. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. As one entrant in 2009 noted, the term "ullage" comes from the wine and spirits business, where it means the unfilled space at the top of a barrel or bottle. > than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else > *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape > must its orbit have? An ellipse. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 3 for Erland. > of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of > specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around > the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words. Apogee, perigee, aphelion, perihelion (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum, Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 88 Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 18 86 Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 72 Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 72 Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 56 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 27 -- Mark Brader "Oh, I'm a programmer and I'm O.K.... Toronto I work all night and I sleep all day" msb@vex.net -- Trygve Lode (after Monty Python) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 13 09:00PM +0200 > successor company take an entirely new name. In fact, taking a new name > is an exception; keeping the name of one of the predecessors is most > common. True merges often result in some compound that not always is that fantastic. Swedish Asea and Swiss Brown-Boveri merged, and they are ABB today. Asea itself as also an abbreviation. Many years ago the Finnish IT corporation bought its Swedish competitor Enator, which was quite hip in those days, and the result was TietoEnator. After quite a few years, Tieto got themselves together and cleaned up their brand and reverted to callin themselves Tieto (which means "knowledge" in Finnish.) But around two years ago, they bought the Norwegian giant Evry, and now they are TietoEVRY. Sigh. And sometimes the buyer takes the name of the company they buy, typically because that name is a stronger brand. I know of at least one case from the Swedish market, but there are surely more. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 13 03:37PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > True merges often result in some compound that not always is that fantastic. > Swedish Asea and Swiss Brown-Boveri merged, and they are ABB today. Asea > itself as also an abbreviation. I always thought that when North Central Airlines merged with Southern Airways, the name North Central & Southern should've been irresistible and the only thing to decide should've been which word for "airline" to use. But in fact they decided to become Republic Airlines. A few years later they merged with Northwest Airlines, which thus missed their opportunity to become North Northwest Central & Southern. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not msb@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 13 10:45PM +0200 > A few years later they merged with Northwest Airlines, which thus > missed their opportunity to become North Northwest Central & Southern. And now its all Delta anyway. |
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