| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 19 11:21PM -0500 > notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. So what if you spent all week learning to pronounce Rebagliati? You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5? 2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology researchers in Detroit announce this week? I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 4, Round 2 - Sports - American League Baseball Managers Most of the American League's teams have changed managers in the """past three years""". Let's see if you've been paying attention. We'll give the manager, you give the manager's 1998 American League team -- at least as of February 13, when we wrote the round. We want the team name, like "Yankees", not the city. *Note: When I posted this round in 2009, I said that if any of them were still managers in the AL or NL, you could name their present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct answers as of 1998. 1. Buddy Bell. 2. Art Howe. 3. Jimy Williams. 4. Joe Torre. 5. Ray Miller. 6. Jerry Manuel. 7. Tony Muser. 8. Terry Collins. 9. Larry Rothschild. 10. Johnny Oates. * Game 4, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - The Territories (and Nearby Waters) Please see the map at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/3/arc.jpg *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one question, for example an island and a town on the island. 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait? 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network """is""" F. Name it. 3. Which letter is Whitehorse? 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that? 5. The island harbor marked Q is named for the ship that spent two winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship, or its captain, or the island. 6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula with the letter R. What's it called? 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it? 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.? Please complete questions #1-8 before decoding the rot13 for the remaining two questions. 9. Gur gbja znexrq K sbezreyl funerq n anzr jvgu gur jngre gung vg'f ba, ohg vgf angvir anzr vf abj cersreerq. Vg """jvyy or""" gur pncvgny bs gur Ahanihg Greevgbel. Tvir *rvgure* anzr. 10. Gur vfynaqf jvgu yrggref Y, F, naq K ner guerr bs gur 10 ynetrfg va gur jbeyq. Fvzcyl anzr nal *gjb* -- lbh qba'g rira unir gb fnl juvpu vf juvpu. -- Mark Brader "Hacking for 8 years gives a guy a memory. Toronto If you was with a woman -- I'd've noticed." msb@vex.net PHANTOM LADY My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Apr 19 05:59PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city. > Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas. > 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre. Paris; Quebec > 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St. Atlanta > 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.) Chicago > 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt. Moscow > 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St. Boston > 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St. Detroit > 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd. Edinburgh > 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St. London; Toronto > 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St. New York > 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway. Los Angeles > 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included > Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well, > what did -- they play? Bridge > But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been > Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". > For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs? Sun; Stax > * E. The Usual Suspects > E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line > "Round up the usual suspects"? Claude Raines > E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy > Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the > two people who won the awards. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 19 11:19PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 3 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won pretty handily. Hearty congratulations! > I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions > in the other. I wrote most or all of the geography round, and in the challenge round, I think I wrote question B2 and pair E. > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets > We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city. > Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas. This was the 4th-easiest round of the season. > 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre. Québec. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Pete. > 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St. Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.) Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt. St. Petersburg. (We accepted Leningrad.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St. Boston. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St. New Orleans. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd. Edinburgh. 4 for Erland and Pete. > 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St. Ottawa. > 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St. Halifax. 2 for Dan Blum. > 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway. Los Angeles. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic > shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall, > were setting the questions at the time.) This was one of four rounds all tied for being the hardest of the season. > * A. MI5 > A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there > were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do? Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre: they interrogated high-level Nazis. (The name or function was sufficient.) > A2. And what did MI9 do? They taught Allied personnel in World War II to escape capture, and maintained networks in occupied Europe to help agents and downed flyers return to Allied territory. (A partial answer was sufficient.) > blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri > goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes > without allowing a goal in international play. Dino Zoff (1,142 minutes in 1972-74 -- and *still* the record in 2021). > 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included > Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well, > what did -- they play? Bridge, of course. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation. > A literal translation in English will be scored as almost > correct. "Esprit de l'escalier", or literally "staircase wit". It's a clever comeback or remark that you think of when it's too late to use it, as because you are already on the stairs on your way out. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum. In 2009 I scored "having the wit of George Castanza from the TV show 'Seinfeld'. They did an episode about it" as almost correct, assuming that the episode was the one mentioned in the next question. > with C1.) A "Seinfeld" episode has one character tormented > by Treppenwitz flying to Chicago in order to deliver a quip > that he did not think of in time. Who is this character? George Costanza. (Either name was sufficient.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been > Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". > For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs? Stax Records (not Atlantic, which distributed much of the Stax catalog). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning > Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her > parents a little white lie. What's the lie? That the man she's bringing home is "a little schoolboy too". (Anything along these lines was okay.) > * E. The Usual Suspects > E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line > "Round up the usual suspects"? Claude Rains (as police captain Louis Renault). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy > Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the > two people who won the awards. Kevin Spacey (Best Supporting Actor); Christopher McQuarrie (Best Original Screenplay). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci Ent Lit Geo Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 20 28 31 23 20 166 Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 20 18 21 16 131 Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 12 16 18 10 106 Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 -- -- -- -- 88 Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 -- -- 11 4 71 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 -- -- 12 8 47 -- Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is... Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't msb@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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