| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 04 01:17AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-18, and should be interpreted accordingly. 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Game 9, Round 9 - Sports Superlatives This round tests your knowledge of a series of superlatives from the wide world of sports. In all cases where a team name is required, you can answer with the place name or team name, like "Montreal" or "Canadiens", whether it is unambiguous or not. 1. In 2007, Tiger Woods hit 7 consecutive wins on the PGA tour, putting him in second place overall. But who has the most consecutive PGA tour wins with 11 -- a record set in 1945? 2. There are two pitchers who can throw the very fastest pitch recorded in the MLB, at 105.1 miles per hour. Name *either* pitcher. 3. Two players have clocked in at 7'7" in the NBA. One was a Romanian player named Gheorghe Muresan who played for the Washington Bullets (now Wizards); name the other. 4. 28 inches shorter, this player's rookie year was on the same team as Muresan. 5. On 1929-11-28, Ernie Nevers scored every single point for his team, leading them to a 40-6 victory. This is the most points ever scored by a single person in an NFL game, a record that has never been beaten. Name *either* team in that game. 6. Who is the oldest player to hit *his first* career home run, a feat achieved in 2016? He was 42. 7. This Canadian FIFA soccer player is close to overtaking the record for most international goals from current record-holder Abby Wambach, a record of 184 goals. Who? 8. Only twice has the MLB World Series been ended by a home run. Most recently, of course, this happened in 1993. The other time was in 1960 -- name *either* team involved. 9. Skateboarder Bob Burnquist has made more appearances at the X-Games than any other athlete, winning a record 30 medals since he first appeared in 1995. Within 2, name the year he announced his retirement from competition. 10. In 2003-04 a rather average goaltender for the Phoenix Coyotes managed to obtain a record for the most consecutive shutout games in a single season. *Either* name him or give the exact number of shutouts. ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Noble Gases A1. Its atomic number is 10, and it is used (among other things) in lightning arrestors and TV tubes. In its liquid form, it can be used as a cryogenic refrigerant, being colder than anything but liquid helium or liquid hydrogen. Name this noble gas. A2. Its atomic number is 18. Its gas form is colorless, odorless, and flavorless. Its liquid and solid are transparent, resembling water or nitrogen. However, in an electric field, the ionized form gives off a characteristic lilac-to-violet glow. Name this noble gas. * B. British Royal Houses We name some British kings, and you give their royal house. For example, if we said Edward VIII and George VI, your reply would be Windsor. B1. William I; William II; and Henry I. B2. Henry II; Edwards I, II and III; and Richard II. * C. Canadian Provincial Populations C1. Ontario has the largest population of any of the provinces, exceeding the next-highest province's population by over 5,000,000. Within 1,500,000, what is the population of Ontario as of April 2019? C2. Newfoundland and Labrador has the second-smallest population of any of the provinces, exceeding PEI's population by more than 300,000. Within 50,000, what is the population of Newfoundland and Labrador as of April 2019? * D. Biopics from the 1960s Based on the year of release, the stars, and a short description, you name the biographical movie. D1. 1962: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins; directed by David Lean. A young English officer successfully unites and leads diverse and often warring Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I. D2. 1960: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton; directed by Stanley Kubrick. A slave leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. * E. Canadian Female Figure Skaters E1. In 1948, she became the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the singles event, and is still the only one to have done it. She's also the only Canadian to have won the European Championship, in the 1947-48 season, and she won the World's in both 1947 and 1948. Name her. E2. She won an Olympic silver medal in 1972 in Sapporo, and at the World Championship, she won bronze in 1971, silver in 1972, and gold in 1973. She was named Canada's Female Athlete of the Year in 1971 and 1972. Name her. * F. French-Canadian Authors F1. A line from his most famous book (at least to anglophone Canadians) has been reproduced on the Canadian $5 bill. His first novel, published in 1968, "La Guerre, Yes Sir" was set in a small Quebec during the conscription crisis of World War II. Name him. F2. She was born in Manitoba, and her most famous book was set in St-Henri, a poor district in Montreal, during World War II. Another of her novels is "Where Nests the Water Hen". Name her. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Remember that computers are very, msb@vex.net very fast..." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 04 01:15AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated, 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 that date. 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3 (2020-01-27), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Last week the first female president of the Grammy Awards, who was earlier put on leave due to her allegedly bullying managerial style, claimed irregularities and conflicts within the Grammy nomination and review process, leading to speculation that the awards are rigged. Name her. 2. Last week the National Weather Service warned Floridians of something that might fall from trees as temperatures dropped into the low 40s and 30s Fahrenheit. What might fall? 3. Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, was accused of money-laundering and fraud with regard to her work for the state oil company. What country is she from? 4. At which hospital is the man with Canada's first presumptive case of the new coronavirus being treated? 5. Name the Monty Python member who died last week at 77. 6. Name the newsman and long-time host of PBS's "NewsHour" who died last week at 85. 7. Name the Canadian-born major-leaguer who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year of elgibility. 8. Name the Toronto Raptor who earned a starting spot in the upcoming NBA All-Star Game. 9. Three high-profile Conservatives announced that they would *not* seek leadership of the federal party. Two of them were Jean Charest and Rona Ambrose. Name the third, an MP for the suburban Ottawa riding of Carleton. 10. Name the former Toronto cop, convicted of attempted murder in the fatal streetcar shooting of teen Sammy Yatin in 2016, who was granted full parole last week. * Game 4 (2020-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events 1. In sad sports news last week, basketball great Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash near *what small city* about 50 km (30 miles) northwest of Los Angeles? 2. In happy sports news last week, what athlete broke a record in soccer by having scored 185 career goals? 3. A leak from the forthcoming book "The Room Where It Happened" made headlines last week. Who is the author? 4. The US Senate voted 51-49 against calling witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial. Name *either* of the two Republican senators who voted in favor. 5. Tedros Adhamon Ghebreyesus is the head of *what entity* that was in the nest last week? 6. As the new coronavirus dominated the headlines, an unfortunately named restaurant in a plaza across from the Markham Civic Centre faced plummeting business and racist backlash on social media. Name that restaurant. (More than one word required.) 7. To mark Brexit, Britain unavailed a new 50-pence coin with the words "Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations". Author Philip Pullman called for a boycott of the coin because *what* is not on it? 8. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruled that freedom-of-expression rights were not infringed when the province revoked a personalized license plate with this name's surname, saying that it could be interpreted as promoting sexual violence. What is that name? 9. What 18-year-old became the youngest-ever winner of the Grammy for Album of the Year? 10. Imelda Staunton will join the cast of *which popular TV series* for its 5th and final season, taking over the leading role from another actress? -- Mark Brader | A computer[']s view of the world is analogous [to] Toronto | a flashlight in the dark. What they can see, they msb@vex.net | see well. What they can't see, they see not at all. | -- M. Valvo My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 03 07:34PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:f5WdnRPZ1okEl6jDnZ2dnUU7- > it was employed for decades as a cure for a variety of disorders. > Rosemary Kennedy had one at the request of her father, and was > left permanently incapacitated. Name this procedure. Lobotomy > died after taking an elixir of immortality. This was the cause > of death for numerous Chinese emperors; it was taken in the > form of pills containing what toxic substance? Arsenic; Strichnine > 9. Paul Alexander, a survivor of polio, is one of the last people > in the USA to use one of these machines. He has used it > continually for 65 years. What machine? Iron Lung > where it is. The phrase "world's largest" should be taken with > a mountain of salt. Note: Answers may repeat! > 1. World's Largest Giant Squid, in Glover's Harbour. British Columbia; Prince Edward Island > 2. World's Largest Lobster, in Shediac. Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island > 3. World's Largest Canada Goose, along the Trans-Canada Highway. Yukon Territory; British Columbia > 4. World's Second-Largest Moose, named Mac. Saskatchewan; Manitoba > 5. World's Largest Ukrainian Easter Egg, in Vegreville. Quebec; Ontario > 6. World's Largest Hockey Stick, in Duncan. Alberta; Saskatchewan > 7. World's Largest Weathervane -- it's an entire DC-3 airplane. Ontario; British Columbia > 8. World's Largest Dinosaur. You can climb into its mouth. Alberta; Saskatchewan > 9. World's Largest Fiddle. Ontario; British Columbia > 10. The Big Apple. Biggest north of the border, anyway? Ontario; New Brunswick Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 04 01:14AM -0600 Mark Brader: > treat diseases of the head, by drilling a hole into the skull. > Today a *temporary* hole called a craniotomy is occasionally > made for that purpose, but name the old-timey procedure. Trepanning or trepanation. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Which psudoscience attempted to predict mental traits by > measuring and mapping the bumps on a person's skull? Phrenology. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > certain disease would create a fever that could cure syphilis > -- and it only killed 15% of his patients. Name the disease > he employed as a cure. Malaria. > and wrote a 1884 paper describing its positive effect on pain > and depression. Not totally antiquated, this drug is sometimes > used in medicine today. Cocaine. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > it was employed for decades as a cure for a variety of disorders. > Rosemary Kennedy had one at the request of her father, and was > left permanently incapacitated. Name this procedure. Lobotomy. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > four "humors" that had to be in balance for one to remain > healthy. In the 19th century it was carried out by barbers, > and contributed to the death of George Washington. Bloodletting or phlebotomy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > died after taking an elixir of immortality. This was the cause > of death for numerous Chinese emperors; it was taken in the > form of pills containing what toxic substance? Mercury. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 8. King Charles II of England paid a fortune for what became known > as King's Drops, a tincture he would sip that contained *what*, > in powdered form and mixed in alcohol? Human (skull) bones. 4 for Dan Blum. > 9. Paul Alexander, a survivor of polio, is one of the last people > in the USA to use one of these machines. He has used it > continually for 65 years. What machine? Iron lung. 4 for everyone. > Violet Ray used an electric discharge coil to blast a person > with high-voltage, low-current electricity for medical purposes. > It glowed violet. Who invented it? Nikola Tesla. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > where it is. The phrase "world's largest" should be taken with > a mountain of salt. Note: Answers may repeat! > 1. World's Largest Giant Squid, in Glover's Harbour. Newfoundland and Labrador. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. See: http://www.cbc.ca/nl/blogs/seen/IMGP1599.JPG > 2. World's Largest Lobster, in Shediac. New Brunswick. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. See: http://live.staticflickr.com/3791/9065382559_9e9b758df5_b.jpg > 3. World's Largest Canada Goose, along the Trans-Canada Highway. Ontario. (In Wawa.) 4 for Dan Tilque. See: http://wawa.cc/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/37663478512_7ae81180b0_b-1-1.jpg > 4. World's Second-Largest Moose, named Mac. Saskatchewan. (In Moose Jaw, of course.) 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. 2 for Joshua. As you will remember from QFTCICR19 Current Events 5, originally played on 2019-03-04 and posted here 8 days later, the largest, or at least the tallest, moose statue is in Stor-Elvdal, Norway. See: http://video-images.vice.com/articles/5c45fa2e36b06c0007c8e9f5/lede/1548090330441-moose-V-moose.jpeg > 5. World's Largest Ukrainian Easter Egg, in Vegreville. Alberta. 2 for Joshua. See: http://www.cbc.ca/sevenwonders/images/pic_wonder_vegreville_egg_lg.jpg > 6. World's Largest Hockey Stick, in Duncan. British Columbia. See: http://kelseyfamilyacrosscanada.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/img_7613.jpg > 7. World's Largest Weathervane -- it's an entire DC-3 airplane. Yukon. (In Whitehorse.) 2 for Dan Blum. To see that it rotates, compare the backgrounds: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lSIDOIGLxEM/maxresdefault.jpg http://live.staticflickr.com/7197/6831638468_cde16f2897_b.jpg > 8. World's Largest Dinosaur. You can climb into its mouth. Alberta. (In Drumheller, of course.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. See: http://www.worldslargestdinosaur.com/images/WLD-aerial0007.jpg > 9. World's Largest Fiddle. Nova Scotia. (In Sydney.) 4 for Dan Tilque. See: http://caperlive.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/featured-image_big-fiddle1-1024x683.jpg > 10. The Big Apple. Biggest north of the border, anyway? Ontario. (In Colborne. Which is some considerable distance away from Port Colborne, mentioned in the other geography round.) 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. 2 for Joshua. See: http://thebigapple.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/attractions-banner-1.jpg And by the way, New York is big, but this is Biggar: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3504499960_5e2728f4c6_b.jpg Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Ent His Lit Sci Can THREE Dan Blum 20 32 38 32 12 102 Joshua Kreitzer 24 20 37 28 13 89 Dan Tilque 8 24 24 32 20 80 Pete Gayde 24 20 20 8 9 64 "Calvin" 16 8 28 16 0 60 Erland Sommarskog -- 4 0 -- -- 4 -- Mark Brader | "Now I feel stupid. Well, I guess it's not bad Toronto | if that happens once a decade or so." msb@vex.net | --Al Fargnoli My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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