- QFTCIMI515 Current Events 3-4 - 3 Updates
- QFTCIUA Final, Round 2: History - 2 Updates
- QFTCIUA Game 10, Rounds 9-10: athlete-actors, thanks-US challenge - 2 Updates
- Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 337 (GOLQ337) - 1 Update
- QFTCIUA Final, Round 3: Arts & Literature - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #168 Sounds Better in French - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #378 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 03 12:28AM -0600 This set of current-events rounds is running concurrently with Round 3, and later Round 4, of last season's Final. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on those dates. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3 (2015-01-26), Round 1 - Current Events 1. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died last week at the age of 90. Who is the new king, a relative youth of 79? 2. What is the name given to the controversy that has begun to swirl around the New England Patriots following their playoff win a week ago? 3. In the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, Phil Kessel of the Maple Leafs was infamously chosen last as the two captains assembled their teams. This year he was chosen first -- but then what happened? 4. Vancouver's police chief has announced he will leave his position. As a result, there is widespread speculation that he is seeking the same job in Toronto. What is his name? 5. What policy change has the CBC finally instituted after several weeks of raucous public complaint over the activities of Peter Mansbridge and Amanda Lang, among others? 6. A local billionaire is in the news for putting about $112,000,000 into a casino operation in the Dominican Republic that appears to have involved mob figure Vito Rizutto. Name either the investor or the aptly-named business. 7. Which well-known actor has been excoriated for his criticism of the prevalence of firearms in the United States? An arms manufacturer there has said his comments reflect "a cultural and factual ignorance that undermines support of the 2nd Amendment and American liberties" and that their products can no longer be used in his movies. 8. In a 19-year career, this baseball great never once reached the post-season, but his 512 home runs and infectious personality propelled him to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Name this former Chicago Cub, who died last week aged 83. 9. Although measles had been practically eliminated in the US since 2000 through widespread vaccinations, a recent significant outbreak has been traced back to one California site. Where was the contagious disease able to spread among a young unvaccinated population and older people who had never had their shots? 10. Egyptian museum curators have shamefacedly revealed that a past accident to an iconic artifact led to a hasty yet clumsy repair job. Unprofessional and uncuratorial use of epoxy as a restorative agent has resulted in permanent damage to what symbol of ancient Egypt? * Game 4 (2015-02-02), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Why does Quebec resident Joel Ifergan consider himself $13,500,000 out of pocket thanks to a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada? 2. On a 5-2 vote, the court also announced a decision with wider-reaching effects. What was this about? 3. Name the Ontario company alleged to have misled investors about the status of its license to cell medical marijuana, and to have invented a mythical employee to rebut allegations against it. Its principal owner has so far sold shares in the company worth about $4,500,000. 4. After 2 years of declining production, the L.A. Kings have waived a star center, whose contract has 6 years remaining at $5,750,000 per season. Who is this player? 5. The Toronto District School Board is struggling to meet provincial pressure to unload underutilized school space. Within 10% of the true number, how many of its schools are at less than 65% of capacity? (Give the number, not a percentage.) 6. Who is to lead the Greek government in its quest for relief from what the new Finance Minister calls "fiscal waterboarding"? Name the party or its leader. 7. A new exhibition launched last weekend at the ROM. Its title is "Everywhere is Anywhere is Anything is Everything", but whose work is being celebrated? 8. This prominent Canadian, Chair of the Canada Council and Chancellor of Western University, well-known for his donations to the world of art and academe, died January 27 at the age of 80. Name him. 9. What feat did daredevil Will Gadd become the first to accomplish this week? 10. Name the consummate goaltender who has finally retired at age 42 but will stay associated with professional hockey by working in management with the St. Louis Blues. -- Mark Brader "...if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, Toronto it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. msb@vex.net That's logic." --Tweedledee (Lewis Carroll) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 03 06:50AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:scKdnZzr1v7k903JnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 3 (2015-01-26), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died last week at the age of 90. > Who is the new king, a relative youth of 79? Salman > 2. What is the name given to the controversy that has begun to > swirl around the New England Patriots following their playoff > win a week ago? Deflategate > personality propelled him to the Hall of Fame in his first year > of eligibility. Name this former Chicago Cub, who died last > week aged 83. Ernie Banks > outbreak has been traced back to one California site. Where was > the contagious disease able to spread among a young unvaccinated > population and older people who had never had their shots? Disneyland > repair job. Unprofessional and uncuratorial use of epoxy as > a restorative agent has resulted in permanent damage to what > symbol of ancient Egypt? King Tutenkhamen's sarcophagus > provincial pressure to unload underutilized school space. > Within 10% of the true number, how many of its schools are at > less than 65% of capacity? (Give the number, not a percentage.) 50; 100 > 6. Who is to lead the Greek government in its quest for relief > from what the new Finance Minister calls "fiscal waterboarding"? > Name the party or its leader. Syriza -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 03 02:32AM -0600 In article <scKdnZzr1v7k903JnZ2dnUU7-XednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 3 (2015-01-26), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died last week at the age of 90. > Who is the new king, a relative youth of 79? Salman > 2. What is the name given to the controversy that has begun to > swirl around the New England Patriots following their playoff > win a week ago? Deflategate > 4. Vancouver's police chief has announced he will leave his > position. As a result, there is widespread speculation that > he is seeking the same job in Toronto. What is his name? Dominic Da Vinci > factual ignorance that undermines support of the 2nd Amendment > and American liberties" and that their products can no longer > be used in his movies. Liam Neeson > personality propelled him to the Hall of Fame in his first year > of eligibility. Name this former Chicago Cub, who died last > week aged 83. Ernie Banks > outbreak has been traced back to one California site. Where was > the contagious disease able to spread among a young unvaccinated > population and older people who had never had their shots? Disneyland > repair job. Unprofessional and uncuratorial use of epoxy as > a restorative agent has resulted in permanent damage to what > symbol of ancient Egypt? King Tut -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 02 12:11PM -0600 In article <AICdnTr6QsenX1TJnZ2dnUU7-c-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by > their real name. What names were they respectively better known by? > 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung. Ho Chi Minh > 2. Saloth Sar. > 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. Stalin > 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon... > who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that > is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time." Patrick > by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the > pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS > Maddox incident; give its other name. Gulf of Tonkin > 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine > sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898. > What war ensued? Spanish-American War > 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy > pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him. Powers > of the relevant law. > 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport > of females for immoral purposes. Mann > 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932. Lindbergh > 14. The airport in Havana is named which Cuban national hero who > was also a famous literary figure? One of his poems was adapted > into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera". Marti (there's a public statue of him two blocks from my house in New Orleans) > 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che > Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born? Argentina -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 02 05:32PM -0600 If Marc Dashevsky had posted his answers to this round on time, he would have scored 36 points. -- Mark Brader | "The race is not always to the swift, Toronto | nor the battle to the strong -- msb@vex.net | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 02 12:25PM -0600 In article <bJqdnU3k4uTgqljJnZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. The star of shows like "St. Elsewhere" and "NCIS", he was > a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, > leading his team to a 17-5 record over two seasons. Mark Harmon > attended USC on a football scholarship and, fittingly enough, > played a high school football player in his movie debut "Fast > Times at Ridgemont High". Forrest Whitaker > was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech in the mid-'60s, > and was replaced after graduation by a guy named Terry Bradshaw. > Name that duck hunter. (As usual, the surname is sufficient.) Robertson > showbiz, but only after flaming out in minor-league baseball with > the Cincinnati Reds organization. Name this dreamy Oscar-winning > leading man. George Clooney > camp in 1969. > 7. The artist sometimes known as Apollo Creed played 8 games for > the Oakland Raiders and 18 games for the BC Lions. Carl Weathers > 8. Before becoming a movie star, he was a star running back for > Florida State, and actually got to play football again with > his starring turn in the movie "The Longest Yard". Burt Reynolds > yards in a season. His films include "The Cassandra Crossing", > "Capricorn One", "The Naked Gun", "The Naked Gun 2 1/2", and > "The Naked Gun 33 1/3". Jim Brown > 10. He once held the professional middleweight karate championship > title. But some people know him better as a Texas Ranger on TV. > Name him. Chuck Norris > A1. One of its slogans is "the Home of American Music". > It's been a weekly Nashville stage show since 1925 and one > of the longest-running broadcasts in radio history. Name it. Grad Ole Opry > A2. The Blues might be the greatest American contribution to > music. Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson were > seminal performers of what specific regional style of blues? Mississippi Delta > Revolution happened in a running skirmish on 1775-04-19, in > two towns that still argue about which one it took place in. > So name *both* towns. Lexington and Concord > inventors have played with electricity. What ground-breaking > 1947 invention was credited to three distinctly less famous > Bell Labs scientists -- Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain? solid state transistor > D1. John Updike's most famous work is a series of novels about > a middle-class American everyman with an unusual nickname. > What nickname? Rabbit > park in the world, signed into law by President Ulysses > S. Grant in 1872. In which US state is 96% of the park > located? Wyoming > E2. The most visited national park, by a wide margin, is located > closer to eastern population centers. Great Smoky Mountains > National Park is located in two states; name *either*. Tennessee > F. Sports: National Pastimes > F1. What is the most popular competitive sport for Americans > to *participate* in? bowling > as *fans*, which is the 4th-most-popular American sport? > It follows football, baseball, and basketball, but comes > ahead of hockey. tennis -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 02 05:31PM -0600 If Marc Dashevsky's answers to these rounds had been posted on time, he would have scored 28 points on each round for a final score of 196 and a third-place finish instead for fourth. -- Mark Brader "Those who do not study history Toronto are condemned to repeat the course" msb@vex.net (after George Santayana) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org>: Feb 02 02:25PM -0600 GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #337 (GOLQ337) Welcome to the February edition of the quiz - no themes this time. -- Howard Teitelbaum ============================================================================ Blindly searching for lyrics on the Internet is not in the spirit of the GOLQs, and we disapprove of this practice. Entries are due by 5:00 PM EST (GMT-5) on Saturday, February 28, 2015. E-mail early, because you can't be sure of how long it will take for your message to reach GOLQ World Headquarters. DO NOT POST your answers to any newsgroups, discussion forums, etc. E-mail your entry to <golq337@golq.org>. By using this address, you will be able to determine whether your entry has been received by viewing the GOLQ entry log at <http://golq.org/cgi-bin/golqentry.cgi>. Use this address only for GOLQ337-related mail. After the quiz is over, mail to this address will be discarded without being read. The web site for the Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz is at <http://golq.org>. There you will find: - the GOLQ rules <http://golq.org/rules.html> - instructions for subscribing to the GOLQ mailing list - the current quiz <http://golq.org/current.html> - an archive of past quizzes and results <http://golq.org/archive.html> ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #337 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EST (GMT-5) on Saturday, February 28, 2015. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't you hear that music? A sound you never heard before #01) Baby, it's gettin' late and I've gotta go Here's something that you oughta know I've had the time of my life #02) To let you know what you've meant to me Guess it was meant to be I hold you in my heart As life's most precious part #03) Imprisoned by the way it could have been Left here on my own, or so it seems I've got to leave before I start to scream But someone's locked the door and took the key #04) Hip! I didn't know I could sail (Hip-hip!) Like a penny boat in a gale What she's doin' Will be the ruin of me #05) Loud and clear Your sweet chimes Love to hear #06) To who do you do the thing to do? When it's time to do it, no matter to who #07) When I saw you I knew that I was gonna love you And every day, I thought of how I'm gonna love you #08) I let it get away Been payin' every day #09) Was it that she Just couldn't understand a man like me? Was I to blame? Did I leave too many things unexplained? #10) And so, we'll wander hand-in-hand Into love's wonderland #11) Cinderella lost her slipper At the queen's ball But she found a prince So handsome, so tall #12) Where life's river flows No one really knows 'Til someone's there to show #13) And darling, then I read again Right from the start #14) Well, they're movin' and a-groovin' and they're dancing with-a all they got I see 'em shimmy, waddle-waddle, and a-stompin' like I don't know what #15) Pillows lying on your bed Oh my darling, rest your head #16) Oh, my sweet fraeulein down in Berlin town Makes my heart start to yearn #17) The kind of guy is he Who will lead you to believe That you're the only love in his life #18) Every time I faced the world I just had to cry I stood alone with no love of my own But then you happened by #19) When you call my name, baby You call me Mr. Clean I'm gonna give you lovin' That you ain't never seen #20) Sometimes I wanna stay here Then again, I wanna leave Times I wanna leave here Then again, I wanna stay #21) Listen, who cares who was right or wrong (right or wrong)? I just know I need you And by your side is where I belong #22) I can feel a new expression on my face I can feel a glowing sensation taking place #23) Whose hairstyles are out of this world? Whether it's straight or bouffant or it's curled #24) Well, what fruit it bears What good is love Mmm, that no one shares? #25) ------------ Tie-Breakers ------------ Now that we found each other Where do we go now? I'd like to know what you're thinkin' Answer me slowly now #T1) Well, a poor boy took his father's bread Started down the road, started down the road Took all he had and started down the road #T2) ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please fill in the following information (append at the end of each line): Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Feb 02 03:52PM On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:37:28 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with > snow." Sandberg? > The falcon cannot hear the falconer; > Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." Coleridge? > "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central Park. > Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said it looked > like a Home Depot ad. Christo > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) The folks in the Canterbury tales; The folks on a Journey to the Center of the Earth > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? Terracotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? Tempera > dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth; > then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed and > dye-resistant areas. Batik |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 02 12:01PM -0600 In article <OoSdnRWJdvUFJlDJnZ2dnUU7-YednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To watch his woods fill up with snow." Frost > the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes > me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send > to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Donne > 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from > the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the > individuals.) Chaucer's pilgrims > * Artisans and their Arts > 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for > "baked earth"? terracotta > 11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is > mixed and bound with egg yolk? tempera (inverse of a recent Calvanism I believe) > dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth; > then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed > and dye-resistant areas. batik -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 02 11:50AM -0600 In article <mag5uj$q9r$1@reader1.panix.com>, tool@panix.com says... > candidate for president. > 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features > prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Amontillado > a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones) > turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and > little-visited "exclusion zone." Montserrat (thank you theme) > living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close > second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is > far behind at 51.28%). Vermont (replaced Hawaii after I got the theme) > The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and > The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows > starring an Asian American and an African American woman. DuMont > 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses. > He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among > others. Montcalm > 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by > me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival > in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva. Montreux > 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival > is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz. Monterey > of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which > covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot > there. Altamont > which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region > is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise > earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily). Piedmont -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 02 11:33AM -0600 In article <e9339afc-bfe8-4c0f-8300-19233e027da9@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country? Switzerland > 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale? JS Bach > 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968? > 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain? Ang Li > 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket? > 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch? cherry > 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? Montreal > 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha? Don Quixote > 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located? > 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom? Lawrence of Arabia -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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