| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 04 01:13AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03, 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 Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote one question in the Canadiana round and two pairs in the challenge round. ** Game 3, Round 9 - Canadiana - Let's Go to the "Ex" Since the CNE for 2020 was canceled, if you choose to give answers based on current information where applicable, that would be for 2019. 1. Within 5 years, in what year was the CNE founded (under the name "Toronto Industrial Exhibition")? 2. Either tell us the price of general admission that year, or else what the price of general admission (including taxes) """will be in 2003""". We will allow 5¢ leeway on any of these answers. 3. In 1882, the closing hour was extended to 10 pm as the Ex had become the first exhibition in the world to adopt which technological advance? 4. Over the next few years the CNE was home to what form of transportation, the first of its kind in Canada? In 1883 it didn't work properly, but many people rode on it starting in 1884. Be sufficiently specific. 5. The """oldest sound recording still in existence""" was recorded at the Exhibition by Thomas Edison in 1888, and featured greetings from Lord Stanley (of Stanley Cup fame) to which politician? You can give his name or his political position. 6. In 1938, an experimental television broadcast was conducted from the Horticulture Building to the Automotive Building. It featured an interview of boxer Jack Dempsey by what legendary Canadian broadcaster? 7. Within one year, what was the last year that a Blue Jay baseball game was played at Exhibition Stadium? 8. What company """runs""" the Midway? 9. For many years, a popular exhibit in the Horse Palace was a sculpture made out of what? (There was a new one every year.) 10. What """is""" the oldest building on the CNE grounds, built in 1794 and moved to the CNE in 1879? ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Travel Guides A1. The first in this line of guidebooks was, its editors said, "put together in a backstreet Chinese hotel in Singapore in 1975", and "written at a kitchen table and collated, trimmed and stapled by hand." """Now there are""" over 650 books in the series. Name it. A2. This line of guidebooks """has been""" published since 1835, originally in German. The books became so well known that their name """is""" sometimes used colloquially as a synonym for "guidebook". * B. TV Moms In these questions you will be asked to name the actress who played the mother in the given program. B1. Who played Florida Evans in "Good Times"? B2. Who played Olivia Walton in "The Waltons"? * C. Documentaries about Musicians In these questions you will be asked to name the musician who was the subject of an Academy-Award-winning documentary feature film. C1. Name the often-married big-band leader and clarinetist who was the subject of a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman. C2. This violinist's 1979 tour of China was documented by Murray Lerner. * D. Canadian Prime Ministers D1. Name any year during which Arthur Meighen was Prime Minister. D2. Within 1, what year did Richard Bennett become Prime Minister? * E. Scientific Masterworks in Latin E1. The Latin title of this book translates to "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". What great scientist wrote it? E2. The Latin title of this book may be translated as "About the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Again, name the author. * F. NBA All-Star Game (*Note*: the 2020 game has already happened, but you may answer for that.) F1. The 2003 NBA All-Star Game """will be""" played this coming Sunday. Which Houston Rockets rookie """will start""" at center for the Western Conference team? F2. Where will the game be held """this year"""? Name *either* the arena or the city. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "In my case, self-absorption is msb@vex.net completely justified." -- LAURA My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 04 07:21AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Nu2dnXdx0tULfFTCnZ2dnUU7- > 3. In 1882, the closing hour was extended to 10 pm as the Ex > had become the first exhibition in the world to adopt which > technological advance? electric lighting > 7. Within one year, what was the last year that a Blue Jay baseball > game was played at Exhibition Stadium? 1987; 1990 > in 1975", and "written at a kitchen table and collated, > trimmed and stapled by hand." """Now there are""" over > 650 books in the series. Name it. Lonely Planet > 1835, originally in German. The books became so well known > that their name """is""" sometimes used colloquially as a > synonym for "guidebook". Baedeker > In these questions you will be asked to name the actress who > played the mother in the given program. > B1. Who played Florida Evans in "Good Times"? Esther Rolle > B2. Who played Olivia Walton in "The Waltons"? Michael Learned > the subject of an Academy-Award-winning documentary feature film. > C1. Name the often-married big-band leader and clarinetist who > was the subject of a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman. Artie Shaw > C2. This violinist's 1979 tour of China was documented by > Murray Lerner. Itzhak Perlman > E1. The Latin title of this book translates to "The Mathematical > Principles of Natural Philosophy". What great scientist > wrote it? Isaac Newton > E2. The Latin title of this book may be translated as "About > the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". Again, name > the author. Copernicus -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 04 01:10AM -0600 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the science round. > from whichever page of the 2-page handout it appears on. > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/7/games.pdf > 1. Space Invaders. #12. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. Missile Command. #4. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > 3. Frogger. #7. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > 4. Q*bert. #13. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > 5. Galaga. #2. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Pete. > 6. Zaxxon. #6. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. Berzerk. #5. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 8. Pole Position. #11. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Bruce. 2 for Pete. > 9. Joust. #10. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > 10. Donkey Kong. #9. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, and Pete. > So there were 5 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and pick out > those games for fun, but for no points: > 11. Sprint 1. ##8. Joshua and Bruce got this. > 12. Ms. Pac-Man. ##14. Joshua, Bruce, and Pete got this. > 13. Dig Dug. ##15. Joshua, Bruce, and Pete got this. > 14. Punch-Out!!. ##3. Joshua, Bruce, and Pete got this. > 15. Carnival. ##1. Joshua, Bruce, and Pete got this. > that some answers will repeat. > 1. On which """planet""" is the length of a day most similar > to ours? Mars. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Bruce. 3 for Pete. > 2. Which """planet"""'s orbit takes it closest of all """planets""" > to the Earth? Venus. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Erland. 2 for Pete. > 3. Which was the first """planet""" discovered using a telescope? > By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a > """planet""". Uranus. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Erland. > photograph the same part of the sky on different nights, then > using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences between the > two photographic plates? Pluto. (Still true, but Pluto..., well, as to that, see the specially selected signature quote.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. See: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/api/singleitem/image/loaselect/25/default.jpg http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/api/singleitem/image/loaselect/82/default.jpg In the second photo, one photographic plate is mounted to the machine near Clyde Tombaugh's hand, and the other plate to its right. As he turns the crank, the images are shown alternately to his eye looking in the eyepiece. If the plates are well matched and correctly mounted, everything will appear steady except differences between the two, which will flash. > 5. The four largest """planets""" in the Solar System are called > the gas giants. Name *all four*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. (Still true.) 4 for everyone. > 6. There are also four """planets""" in the Solar System now known > to have rings around them. Name *any two*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. (Still true.) 4 for everyone. > 7. Seven of the nine """planets""" have at least one """known""" > satellite, or moon. Name the two that do not. Mercury, Venus. (Still true.) 4 for everyone. > """planet""" with the greatest number of """known""" satellites. > Name it. *Note*: This is a historical question, so you must > give the answer that was correct in 2003. Jupiter. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua and Pete. The title of "most known moons" has passed back and forth between Jupiter and Saturn at least three times since the original game. It's been held by Saturn since 2019, with 82 vs. 79 for Jupiter. It's also been suggested that a new classification of "dwarf moon" should be created for some of them. > anticlockwise, like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south > side of the """planet"""'s orbital plane as seen from the Sun. > Name any one of the three. Venus, Uranus, Pluto. (Still true, but Pluto...) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. > shape is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three > """planets""" with the most eccentric orbits (that is, the > least circular). Mercury, Mars, Pluto. (Still true, but Pluto...) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Art Ent Geo His Lei Sci FOUR Dan Blum 20 32 8 11 40 36 128 Joshua Kreitzer 7 40 8 8 36 34 118 Pete Gayde 36 8 16 6 21 19 92 Erland Sommarskog 28 0 11 4 8 32 79 Dan Tilque 4 4 4 8 24 40 76 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 16 24 40 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "We feel for you, Pluto, unfortunate morph: msb@vex.net | You went in a planet and came out a dwarf." --Dan Burg My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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