| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 07 11:59PM -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*)". * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Which best-selling author is heading a group that has agreed to buy the Minnesota Vikings football team? 2. In which city did Bill Gates receive a pie in the face this week? I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 2 - History - 1976 All questions pertain to the year 1976. 1. In January, what new and controversial model of airliner finally entered passenger service with British Airways and Air France? 2. In February, what country broke diplomatic relations with the UK over fishing rights? 3. In March, what married couple in the British royal family separated? We need both names. 4. In April, the US government created one *freight* railway company out of six bankrupt ones, under what name? The six constituents were the Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & Hudson River, and Central of New Jersey. 5. In May, Canada terminated a pact of cooperation with what country on the subject of nuclear reactors? 6. In June, Canadian airline pilots went on strike over what safety issue? Be sufficiently specific. 7. In July, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck what country? 8. In August, the Centers for Disease Control were studying the outbreak of what sometimes fatal disease among attendees of a convention the previous month? 9. In September, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt renounced a longstanding friendship treaty with what country? 10. In October, who succeeded Mao Tse-Tung as leader of China's Communist Party, and ordered the arrest of the so-called Gang of Four? * Game 3, Round 3 - Canadiana Sports - Canadians at Nagano We name an athlete on the Canadian Olympic team, you tell us the sport the person """competes""" in. Note, we've made it easy: we're asking for the sport, not the specific event. (But when applicable, we do need something more specific than just "skating" or "skiing".) Some answers may repeat. *Note*: On this round you must give the answers that were correct in 1998. 1. Manon Rhéaume. 2. Catriona Le May Doan. 3. Lori Glazier. 4. Kristy Sargeant. 5. Adam Foote. 6. Chris Lori. 7. Stéphane Rochon. 8. Paul Savage. 9. Isabelle Charest. 10. Cary Mullen. -- Mark Brader | "Of course, another problem... is that famous quotations Toronto | mutate faster than you'd expect." msb@vex.net | --Donna Richoux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 07 11:56PM -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]". Game 2 is over and DAN BLUM wins by a good margin. Hearty congratulations! > I wrote one of these rounds and 4 questions in the other. Those were the history round and pairs A and C in the challenge round. > 1. Julius Caesar and his nephew Octavian each renamed a month in > the calendar for himself. What do we call these months today? > (Name both, in English.) July, August. (Octavian also renamed himself: Augustus Caesar.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Which Roman emperor adopted the Christian religion, not only > for himself but also effectively as the established religion > of the Empire? Constantine. 4 for everyone. > the 20th century, was the 4-letter abbreviation for the Latin > phrase meaning "the Senate and the Roman People". What were > the 4 letters? Exact answer required. SPQR. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. That's Senatus Populusque Romanus; the -que ending means "and". Here's a modern-day example on a manhole cover: http://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101054677.uaYwbPDd.RomeMay08177.jpg > ruled from Rome (and later Ravenna) and an eastern section > ruled from Constantinople. Name any year during this period > of the two empires. 364-476. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum. > early form of checks and balances, executive power in the > Republic was normally shared between two men, who held the > same title. What title? Consul. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 6. In the Roman Republic, the Senate had the power, in case of > crisis, to name a single individual to rule in place of the > two <answer 5>s. What was his title? Dictator. 4 for everyone. > 7. And what was the title of the men who held supreme authority > before the Republic was established? King (or in Latin, rex). 4 for everyone. > 8. The first <answer 7> was Romulus, said to have founded the city > of Rome in what year (within 50 years)? 753 BC (accepting 703-803). Or, since the Romans counted years from this event, 1 AUC or AVC (accepting 1-51). 4 for everyone. Two entrants guessed the same year, 776 BC. That one was the founding date of the ancient Olympic games. > 9. The most important Roman book on the subjects of architecture > and civil engineering consisted of 10 volumes written in the > 1st century BC by what man? Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. "Vitruvius" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum. > lived in the 1st century BC. In 63 BC he became <answer 5>, > but he later found himself on the losing side of the power > struggles of that turbulent era. What was his name? Marcus Tullius Cicero. "Cicero" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum. ObFiction: "Imperium" (2006), "Lustrum" (2009), and "Dictator" (2015), a series of three novels by Robert Harris. > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Numbers As I scored this question in 2009, my wife was watching "Numb3rs". > A1. 8 of the numbers between 60 and 100 are primes. Name any > one. 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. If you're going to guess, it'd be a good idea to pick numbers between 60 and 100. In 2009 the most common answer was 61, while nobody picked 79 or 89. This time all three correct answers given were different; one was 61. > A2. 8 of the numbers between 200 and 500 are squares. > Name any one. 225, 256, 289, 324, 361, 400, 441, 484. 4 for Joshua, Erland (the hard way), Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. In 2009 the most common answer was 225, while nobody picked 289, 324, 441, or 484. This time 225 was given, but the only answer given more than once was 256. > B1. Ben Jonson was jailed in 1598 and again for a different > reason in 1604 or 1605. Give the reason for either of > these imprisonments, but you must say which one. First time: killed an actor in a duel (accepting "murder" or similar). Second time: collaborated on a comedy ("Eastward Ho") that insulted the Scots. 2 for Dan Blum. > Jonson's five best comedies were written from 1605 to 1616. > Name *any one* of the five major comedies that Jonson wrote > between those years. "Eastward Ho" is not one of them. "Volpone, or The Fox"; "Epicene, or The Silent Woman"; "The Alchemist"; "Bartholomew Fair"; "The Devil is an Ass". Subtitles not required on the first two. > * C. Albert Einstein > C1. Einstein was born in Germany, but became a citizen of what > country in 1901? Switzerland. 4 for everyone. He once said something like this: If relativity is proved right the Germans will call me a German, the Swiss will call me a Swiss citizen, and the French will call me a great scientist. If relativity is proved wrong the French will call me a Swiss, the Swiss will call me a German and the Germans will call me a Jew. But although possibly true, that's an "improved" translation of the original version. See wikiquote.org for more. His next citizenship was US, in 1940. > C2. Einstein is best known today for his work on relativity, > but he did not win the Nobel Prize for it. What did he > win it for, in 1921? The photoelectric effect. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > * D. Classic Arcade Games > D1. What are the names of the four greeblies who chase the > Pac-Man in the original Pac-Man game? Inky or Bashful, Blinky or Shadow, Pinky or Speedy, and Clyde or Pokey. 4 for Joshua (the hard way). 3 for Dan Blum. In each case the first name shown is the commonly used nickname while the second one is the original official name. You needed 3 out of 4 right to score "almost correct". > D2. This vector-graphics tank war game, made by Atari, was one > of the first 3-dimensional arcade games. Name it. Battlezone. 4 for Dan Blum. > mascarpone cheese, ladyfingers, cream, espresso, liquor, > sugar, and cocoa or shaved chocolate -- means "pick me up". > What is it? Tiramisu. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum. > version; it is always served whole and round or cut into > pieces. In Florence it is often made with spinach and used > as a sandwich filling. Name it. Frittata. (Not quiche.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Can Geo Lit Ent His Cha FIVE Dan Blum 36 0 28 16 40 40 29 173 Joshua Kreitzer 8 0 24 20 16 28 28 116 Dan Tilque 40 4 19 4 12 28 16 115 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 20 4 0 24 12 60 Pete Gayde -- -- 12 -- -- -- -- 12 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | I usually sign my name "J O backspace o h n" msb@vex.net | -- John Chew My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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