Thursday, May 06, 2021

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 05 09:56PM +0200

> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.
 
 
Proton and electron

> 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
> cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
> fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
 
Neutron

> ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13,
> naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur
> fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq?
 
Isotopes
 
> cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
> ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
> vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
 
Fission

> naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl
> Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr".
> Jung vf vg?
 
Quarks

> Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva
> cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex.
> Jung vf gur jbeq?
 
Meson
 
> fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl
> cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg
> pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg.
 
Neutrino
 
> snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
> Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
> xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
 
Positron

> 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
> jung cebqhpg?
 
Energy
 
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names
 
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?
 
Lulu

> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?
 
Michelangelo

> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?
 
Pelé

> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?
 
Michelangelo

> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?
 
Broz
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 05 09:58PM

> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.
 
electron and proton
 
> 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
> cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
> fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
 
neutron
 
> ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13,
> naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur
> fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq?
 
isotopes
 
> cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
> ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
> vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
 
fission
 
> tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq
> anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba
> bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq?
 
cyclotron
 
> naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl
> Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr".
> Jung vf vg?
 
quark
 
> Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva
> cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex.
> Jung vf gur jbeq?
 
meson
 
> fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl
> cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg
> pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg.
 
neutrino
 
> snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
> Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
> xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
 
positron
 
> 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
> jung cebqhpg?
 
photons
 
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names
 
> 2. By what name is Fran?ois Marie Arouet better known?
 
Voltaire
 
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?
 
Twiggy
 
> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?
 
Nostradamus
 
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?
 
Titian
 
> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
 
Sarkisian
 
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?
 
Josip Broz
 
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Wednesday, May 05, 2021

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:51PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
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*)".
 
 
I wrote one of these rounds and may have contributed to the other.
 
 
* Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics
 
Hey, it isn't rocket science. (We already had that in Game 3,
remember?)
 
This round contains several questions that refer to words that
appeared in answers to earlier questions, although not always the
immediately preceding questions. I'm going to take the simplest
route to spoiler protection and post the entire round in rot13
except for the first question. Please decode questions #2-10
*one at a time* in turn as you have finished with the respective
preceding ones. My apologies for any inconvenience.
 
Oh yes. I think there are one or more questions where it might
actually be possible to get the answer *before* decoding them.
If you know the subject and want to show off, feel free to try
it and tell us that you did. You will not be given extra points,
though.
 
And if, after decoding the question, you realized that you guessed
wrong as to what it was asking, then just say so ("Without decoding
-- Julia Roberts! Oops, not the question I was anticipating."):
your first answer will be ignored, and you still get the usual
one or two guesses after that, for the usual 4, 3, or 2 points.
 
1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
particles.
 
2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
 
3. Gur ahzore bs cebgbaf va na ngbz qrgrezvarf jung ryrzrag vg'f
na ngbz bs: sbe rknzcyr, 6 cebgbaf zrnaf pneoba. Ohg pneoba
ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13,
naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur
fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq?
 
4. Jung grez vf hfrq sbe gur qvivfvba bs na ngbzvp ahpyrhf vagb
gjb fznyyre ahpyrv bs fvzvyne fvmr, naq creuncf nyfb n srj bgure
cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
 
5. Cnegvpyr culfvpf rkcrevzragf bsgra vaibyir nppryrengvat inevbhf
cnegvpyrf gb sbez n ornz gung vf nvzrq ng fbzr gnetrg. Gur svefg
tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq
anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba
bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq?
 
6. Vg unf orra rfgnoyvfurq gbqnl gung obgu cebgbaf naq arhgebaf
npg yvxr nffrzoyvrf bs guerr cnegvpyrf rnpu, nygubhtu gurfr
vaqvivqhny pbafgvghrag cnegvpyrf unir abg orra qrgrpgrq qverpgyl
naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl
Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr".
Jung vf vg?
 
7. Guvf jbeq, pbvarq va nobhg 1936, ersreerq ng gung gvzr gb
cnegvpyrf urnivre guna ryrpgebaf ohg yvtugre guna cebgbaf,
naq jnf pbafrdhragyl qrevirq sebz n ebbg zrnavat "zvqqyr".
Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva
cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex.
Jung vf gur jbeq?
 
8. Gur arhgeba jnf gur svefg arhgeny fhongbzvp cnegvpyr qvfpbirerq,
ohg abg gur svefg cerqvpgrq. Va 1931 Jbystnat Cnhyv cerqvpgrq
n yvggyr arhgeny cnegvpyr, gb juvpu Raevpb Srezv tnir n anzr
jvgu gung zrnavat. Vgf znff """vf""" rvgure mreb be gbb
fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl
cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg
pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg.
 
9. Nyzbfg rirel fhongbzvp cnegvpyr unf vgf pbeerfcbaqvat
nagv-cnegvpyr. Hfhnyyl gurfr ner anzrq va rkgerzryl cebfnvp
snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
 
10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
jung cebqhpg?
 
*Note*:
ONLY AFTER you are finished answering the round, please decode
this final bit of rot13:
 
Ba gur ynfg dhrfgvba, vs lbh fnvq nalguvat gb gur rssrpg bs
"gurl qrfgebl rnpu bgure" be "zhghny naavuvyngvba", guvf vf
pbeerpg ohg vg qbrf abg fnl jung vf cebqhprq. Cyrnfr tb onpx
naq punatr lbhe nafjre gb fnl jung vf *cebqhprq*.
 
 
* Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names
 
These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word
names.
 
1. What """is""" Donovan's surname?
 
2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?
 
3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
Marie Lawrie known?
 
4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
name do we know him?
 
5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?
 
6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
known by what name?
 
7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
in 1576?
 
8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
 
9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
additional surname, but what was his original name?
 
10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Just to be clear, pythons
msb@vex.net do not have feet." --Tony Cooper
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 05 05:02AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-MednabmOODIuQ_9nZ2dnUU7-
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.
 
proton and electron

> 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
> cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
> fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
 
neutron
 
> ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13,
> naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur
> fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq?
 
isotopes
 
> cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
> ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
> vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
 
fission
 
> tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq
> anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba
> bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq?
 
cyclotron
 
> naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl
> Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr".
> Jung vf vg?
 
quarks
 
> Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva
> cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex.
> Jung vf gur jbeq?
 
mesons
 
> fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl
> cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg
> pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg.
 
neutrino
 
> snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
> Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
> xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
 
lepton
 
> 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
> jung cebqhpg?
 
energy
 
 
> These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word
> names.
 
> 1. What """is""" Donovan's surname?
 
Leitch
 
> 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?
 
Voltaire

> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?
 
Lulu
 
> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?
 
Nostradamus

> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?
 
Pele
 
> 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
> known by what name?
 
Boz

> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?
 
Titian
 
> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
 
Sarkisian

> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?
 
Josip Broz
 
> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?
 
Twiggy
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:48PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
 
 
> * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events
 
> Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
Nobody tried these.
 
> 1. Larry Harris and William Leavitt, two American microbiologists,
> were arrested near Las Vegas this week and charged with
> possession of what?
 
Anthrax bacteria.
 
> 2. Who was the long-time baseball broadcaster who died this week
> at the age of 78?
 
Harry Caray.
 
 
 
> For each question, you will be given a list of four or five
> characters from "Saturday Night Live". Name the cast member who
> """played""" all of those characters.
 
I've assumed, without checking, that while some of the same characters
may have been played by other people since 1998, there are no cases
where the complete list of characters in a question were. If an
answer of yours was scored wrong but you think it's correct as of
2021, please post a protest.
 
> 1. The Richmeister, k.d. lang, Soon-Yi Previn, Weed Guy.
 
Rob Schneider.
 
> 2. Doug Whiner, Andy Rooney, Pokey, Jerry Lewis.
 
Joe Piscopo. 4 for Pete.
 
> 3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling.
 
Melanie Hutsell.
 
> 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan
> the She-Male, Saddam Hussein.
 
Phil Hartman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
 
Mary Gross. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General
> Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
Chris Farley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
> Bob Widette.
 
Dan Aykroyd. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete. 3 of them spelled Aykroyd correctly.
 
> 8. Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Whoopi Goldberg, Queen Shenequa, Zoraida
> the NBC page.
 
Ellen Cleghorne.
 
> 9. Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Marla Maples, Sinéad O'Connor,
> Candy Sweeney.
 
Jan Hooks.
 
> 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People,
> Simon, Mick Jagger.
 
Mike Myers. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
 
 
> 1. Name the Marxist satirical playwright who won the Nobel Prize
> for Literature """last year""". His play "Accidental Death of
> an Anarchist" has been performed in English.
 
Dario Fo. 4 for Joshua.
 
> was better known as a film director. His films included "The
> Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales".
> Who?
 
Pier Paolo Pasolini. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 3. What political and historical writer also wrote a comic play
> titled "The Mandragola"? Shakespeare knew about his political
> writings, but probably didn't know his play.
 
Niccolo Machiavelli. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> was the woman he loved, Beatrice, who showed him into Heaven.
> The second guide couldn't get into Heaven because he was not
> a Christian. Name him.
 
Vergilius or Vergil or Virgil. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six
> Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died
> in 1936.
 
Luigi Pirandello. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> his life in Avignon, France, where he wrote poems to a woman
> named Laura. His name is associated with a type of sonnet.
> Who was he?
 
Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group
> of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves
> after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence?
 
The Black Death (Plague). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> book in 1945 called "Christ Stopped at Eboli", describing the
> years he had to spend in a godforsaken southern Italian village.
> Why was he living in Eboli?
 
He was exiled there by Mussolini as an anti-fascist.
 
The original guideline was that "any reference to exile" was
sufficient. This is not the same as hiding from the government --
it means the authorities had caught him and required him to move.
 
> and whose works include "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler",
> "Mr. Palomar", "Invisible Cities", and a collection of Italian
> fables.
 
Italo Calvino. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
> "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
> Name of the Rose"?
 
Umberto Eco. (He died in 2016.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 52
Dan Blum 12 31 43
Pete Gayde 20 4 24
Dan Tilque 8 4 12
 
--
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Toronto IBM chose to do all of them...
msb@vex.net why do you find that funny?" --D. Taylor
 
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Monday, May 03, 2021

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 02 02:05PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:0tKdncgU2rMEsBP9nZ2dnUU7-
> """played""" all of those characters.
 
> 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan
> the She-Male, Saddam Hussein.
 
Phil Hartman
 
> 5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
 
Mary Gross
 
> 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General
> Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
Chris Farley

> 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
> Bob Widette.
 
Dan Aykroyd
 
> 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People,
> Simon, Mick Jagger.
 
Mike Myers

 
> 1. Name the Marxist satirical playwright who won the Nobel Prize
> for Literature """last year""". His play "Accidental Death of
> an Anarchist" has been performed in English.
 
Fo

> was better known as a film director. His films included "The
> Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales".
> Who?
 
Pasolini
 
> 3. What political and historical writer also wrote a comic play
> titled "The Mandragola"? Shakespeare knew about his political
> writings, but probably didn't know his play.
 
Machiavelli
 
> was the woman he loved, Beatrice, who showed him into Heaven.
> The second guide couldn't get into Heaven because he was not
> a Christian. Name him.
 
Virgil
 
> 5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six
> Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died
> in 1936.
 
Pirandello

> his life in Avignon, France, where he wrote poems to a woman
> named Laura. His name is associated with a type of sonnet.
> Who was he?
 
Petrarch
 
> story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group
> of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves
> after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence?
 
to avoid a plague

> 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
> "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
> Name of the Rose"?
 
Eco
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 02 03:00PM


> * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Saturday Night Live" Characters
 
> 3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling.
 
Victoria Jackson
 
> 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan
> the She-Male, Saddam Hussein.
 
Phil Hartman
 
> 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General
> Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
Chris Farley
 
> 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
> Bob Widette.
 
Dan Aykroyd
 
 
> 1. Name the Marxist satirical playwright who won the Nobel Prize
> for Literature """last year""". His play "Accidental Death of
> an Anarchist" has been performed in English.
 
Ionesco
 
> was better known as a film director. His films included "The
> Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales".
> Who?
 
Pasolini; Antonioni
 
> 3. What political and historical writer also wrote a comic play
> titled "The Mandragola"? Shakespeare knew about his political
> writings, but probably didn't know his play.
 
Machiavelli
 
> was the woman he loved, Beatrice, who showed him into Heaven.
> The second guide couldn't get into Heaven because he was not
> a Christian. Name him.
 
Virgil
 
> 5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six
> Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died
> in 1936.
 
Pirandello
 
> his life in Avignon, France, where he wrote poems to a woman
> named Laura. His name is associated with a type of sonnet.
> Who was he?
 
Petrarch
 
> story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group
> of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves
> after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence?
 
plague epidemic
 
> book in 1945 called "Christ Stopped at Eboli", describing the
> years he had to spend in a godforsaken southern Italian village.
> Why was he living in Eboli?
 
hiding from the Fascist government
 
> and whose works include "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler",
> "Mr. Palomar", "Invisible Cities", and a collection of Italian
> fables.
 
Italo Calvino
 
> 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
> "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
> Name of the Rose"?
 
Umberto Eco
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 02 02:32PM -0700

On 5/1/21 9:42 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
> 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
> Bob Widette.
 
Dan Aykroyd
 
> Candy Sweeney.
 
> 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People,
> Simon, Mick Jagger.
 
Mike Myers
 
> 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
> "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
> Name of the Rose"?
 
Eco
 
--
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Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: May 02 08:24PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> """played""" all of those characters.
 
> 1. The Richmeister, k.d. lang, Soon-Yi Previn, Weed Guy.
 
> 2. Doug Whiner, Andy Rooney, Pokey, Jerry Lewis.
 
Joe Piscopo
 
 
> 3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling.
 
> 4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan
> the She-Male, Saddam Hussein.
 
Phil Hartmann
 
 
> 5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
 
Dana Carvey
 
 
> 6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General
> Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
Chris Farley
 
 
> 7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
> Bob Widette.
 
Dan Ayckroyd
 
> the NBC page.
 
> 9. Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Marla Maples, Sinéad O'Connor,
> Candy Sweeney.
 
Julia Sweeney
 
 
> 10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People,
> Simon, Mick Jagger.
 
Mike Myers
 
> was better known as a film director. His films included "The
> Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales".
> Who?
 
Visconti
 
> story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group
> of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves
> after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence?
 
Bubonic Plague
 
 
> 10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
> "A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
> Name of the Rose"?
 
Pete Gayde
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 01 11:42PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
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 5, Round 1 - Current Events
 
Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
1. Larry Harris and William Leavitt, two American microbiologists,
were arrested near Las Vegas this week and charged with
possession of what?
 
2. Who was the long-time baseball broadcaster who died this week
at the age of 78?
 
 
I did not write either of these rounds.
 
 
* Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - "Saturday Night Live" Characters
 
For each question, you will be given a list of four or five
characters from "Saturday Night Live". Name the cast member who
"""played""" all of those characters.
 
1. The Richmeister, k.d. lang, Soon-Yi Previn, Weed Guy.
 
2. Doug Whiner, Andy Rooney, Pokey, Jerry Lewis.
 
3. Blossom, Jan Brady, Tonya Harding, Tori Spelling.
 
4. Barbara Bush, Charlton Heston, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, Susan
the She-Male, Saddam Hussein.
 
5. Alfalfa, Chi-Chi, Geraldine Ferraro, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
 
6. Carnie Phillips, Matt Foley the motivational speaker, General
Schwarzkopf, Tom Arnold.
 
7. Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin the male prostitute, Elwood Blues,
Bob Widette.
 
8. Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Whoopi Goldberg, Queen Shenequa, Zoraida
the NBC page.
 
9. Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Marla Maples, Sinéad O'Connor,
Candy Sweeney.
 
10. Wayne Campbell, Middle-Aged Man, Lothar of the Hill People,
Simon, Mick Jagger.
 
 
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Italian Literature
 
1. Name the Marxist satirical playwright who won the Nobel Prize
for Literature """last year""". His play "Accidental Death of
an Anarchist" has been performed in English.
 
2. Another Marxist writer -- a novelist, essayist, and poet --
was better known as a film director. His films included "The
Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Canterbury Tales".
Who?
 
3. What political and historical writer also wrote a comic play
titled "The Mandragola"? Shakespeare knew about his political
writings, but probably didn't know his play.
 
4. Dante imagined himself taken through hell by two guides, one
representing theology and the other literature. The first guide
was the woman he loved, Beatrice, who showed him into Heaven.
The second guide couldn't get into Heaven because he was not
a Christian. Name him.
 
5. Name the absurdist playwright and novelist who wrote "Six
Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV". He died
in 1936.
 
6. An Italian poet and intellectual of the Renaissance lived much of
his life in Avignon, France, where he wrote poems to a woman
named Laura. His name is associated with a type of sonnet.
Who was he?
 
7. Boccaccio's collection of satirical and bawdy tales, "The
Decameron", is contained in a fictional "frame story". The frame
story describes how these tales were composed in 1348 by a group
of young Florentine men and women who wanted to amuse themselves
after they fled their city. Why did they leave Florence?
 
8. The writer and painter Carlo Levi published an autobiographical
book in 1945 called "Christ Stopped at Eboli", describing the
years he had to spend in a godforsaken southern Italian village.
Why was he living in Eboli?
 
9. Name the author of magic-realism novels who died in 1985
and whose works include "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler",
"Mr. Palomar", "Invisible Cities", and a collection of Italian
fables.
 
10. Who """is""" the academic, journalist, and novelist who wrote
"A Theory of Semiotics", "Travels in Hyperreality", and "The
Name of the Rose"?
 
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msb@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 01 11:40PM -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 4 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has squeaked out a win.
Hearty congratulations, eh?
 
 
> I probably wrote 6 questions in one of these rounds.
 
Those were pairs A, B, and E in the challenge round.
 
 
> of mature T-lymphocytes, which are essential to the body's
> immune system. One hormone it secretes is thymopoietin
> ["thy-mo-POY-et-in"].
 
Thymus. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 2. Name gland #2. It secretes the hormone melatonin, whose
> secretion increases in the absence of light and which has
> a role in the development of the gonads.
 
Pineal. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
> 3. Name gland #7 (the bigger one with a group of smaller glands,
> #8, behind it). Two hormones it secretes help regulate the
> body's rate of metabolism.
 
Thyroid. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
 
> 4. Name gland #11. The hormones it secretes play a major role in
> the body's storage and utilization of carbohydrates.
 
Pancreas. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> medical *Latin* word, e.g. "femur" rather than "thighbone".
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/9/ske.jpg
 
> 5. Bone A.
 
Humerus. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 6. Bone B.
 
Radius. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete.
 
> 7. Bone C. (This is roughly triangular and is separate from D.)
 
Sacrum. (Not pelvis, a group of bones that it's part of.)
 
> 8. Bone H.
 
Fibula. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
 
> 9. Bone J. (The irregularly shaped bone with teeth attached to it.)
 
Maxilla.
 
> 10. Bone L.
 
Scapula. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
 
> So there were 7 decoys in each set. If you like -- for fun, but
> for no points -- decode the rot13 to see more information and to
> identify most of them
 
Sadly, nobody tried these. Do you all not like fun?
 
> at all, and most people don't have all of the ones that are shown.
> Name these:
 
> 11. Adrenal.
 
Glands #10.
 
> 12. Parathyroid.
 
Glands #8.
 
> 13. Hypothalamus.
 
Gland #3.
 
> 14. Pituitary.
 
Gland #5.
 
> 15. Ovary.
 
Glands #13 in females.
 
> 16. Testis.
 
Glands #14 in males.
 
> and some bones are labeled on only one of the two diagrams.
> Give the letters for these, though:
 
> 17. Patella.
 
Bone M.
 
> 18. Femur.
 
Bone F.
 
> 19. Pubis.
 
Bone E.
 
> 20. Tibia.
 
Bone G.
 
> 21. Ilium.
 
Bone D.
 
> 22. Mandible.
 
Bone K.
 
> 23. Talus.
 
Bone I.
 
 
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
> * A. Morse Code
 
> A1. What is the Morse Code representation of the letter A?
 
".-" (dot-dash, dit-dah). 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
> A2. What consonant is represented in Morse Code by "...." (four
> dots)?
 
H.
 
 
> Yorkville ................. 22 Yorkville
 
> B1. The facilities on List 1 """are""" located in the old City
> of Toronto. What are they?
 
Community centers ("recreation centers" or "swimming pools" was
acceptable).
 
It's actually Allan Lamport Stadium, because that's how the man's
name was spelled.
 
"Old city", of course, refers to the city limits before the
"Megacity" amalgamation of 1998.
 
> B2. The facilities on List 2 """are""" located in the old City
> of Toronto. What are they?
 
(Public) libraries.
 
 
> * C. Ex-Jays
 
> C1. Dave Collins and Alfredo Griffin were traded by the Jays
> for what pitcher in 1984?
 
Bill Caudill.
 
> C2. What Jays infielder, who was often platooned with Garth
> Iorg ("Orj"), led all American League third basemen in
> fielding percentage in 1984?
 
Rance Mulliniks.
 
 
> * D. Shakespearean O's
 
> D1. What Shakespearean character said, "O, damn her! Damn her!
> O! I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me!"?
 
Othello. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> D2. What Shakespearean character said, "O, what a noble mind
> is here o'erthrown!"?
 
Ophelia. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
 
 
> E1. What US statesman, between 1803 and 1848, served as a US
> senator, secretary of state, president, and congressman,
> in that order?
 
John Quincy Adams. (Not John Adams, his father, so the middle name
or initial was required.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
 
> Thursday. Now, from Friday: name the European city where
> Goethe and Nietzsche died, and a republic and a breed of
> dog were born.
 
Weimar (Germany; the weimaraner). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Can Lit Ent Mis Lit Sci Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 17 18 24 28 20 36 24 12 150
Dan Blum 2 11 28 20 28 30 22 16 144
Dan Tilque 0 24 4 8 12 28 12 16 100
Pete Gayde 16 11 26 36 -- -- 10 0 99
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 -- -- 4 12 -- -- 24
 
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