| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 22 11:12PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-16, 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. * Game 4, Round 4 - Literature - Works for Wee Ones Name the famous stories for children that begin with the following lines. Just the *title* is sufficient. 1. That Sam-I-Am, That Sam-I-Am, I do not like that Sam-I-Am. 2. In the great green room There was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of The cow jumping over the moon. 3. In the light Of the moon A little egg Lay on a leaf. 4. This was no time for play This was no time for fun This was no time for games There was work to be done. 5. Chug chug chug. Puff puff puff. Ding-dong ding-dong. 6. Once upon a time there were four little rabbits. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live. But every time Mr. Mallard saw what looked like a nice place, Mrs. Mallard said it was no good. 8. The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind And another His Mother called him "Wild Thing" And Max said "I'll eat you up!" So he was sent to bed without eating anything. 9. In an old house in Paris That was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls In two straight lines. 10. On the fifteenth of May In the Jungle of Nool In the heat of the day In the cool of the pool He was splashing, Enjoying the jungle's great joys. * Game 4, Round 6 - Entertainment - TV Game Show Rules In all cases the questions relate to the """current""" version of the show, or the last version for shows no longer on the air """now""". *Note*: If the situation described is no longer possible, then you must either give the expected answer or give the rule as it was when the situation was last possible. 1. On "Wheel of Fortune", if your spin lands on the Jackpot space, what two things """are""" you asked to do, in order, in order to win the jackpot? 2. On "Wheel of Fortune", the player in the Bonus Round """is""" given *which 6* common letters to start? 3. In the final round of "The Price is Right", two players are each shown a "showcase" of prizes and each tries to guess the total retail price of the items therein. As you know, the one that comes closest without going over wins their showcase -- but how can the winner also receive the other showcase? 4. On "The Hollywood Squares", if a player guessed wrong, the square sometimes went to the opponent and sometimes not. When did it not? 5. On "Family Feud", when the first team """is""" playing a category, how many wrong answers """are""" they allowed before their opponents have a chance to steal? In 2009 one of the entrants overthought the question, so I'll make it explicit: if the answer is N, this means that after it is decided which team will play the category, the Nth wrong answer is the last one they are allowed to give. 6. On the British show "Mastermind", if two players were tied for the lead as to the number of questions answered correctly, what was the first method used to break the tie? 7. What """happens""" on "Jeopardy!" if there is a tie at the end of Final Jeopardy!? (In a regular game, not a tournament.) 8. In "Jeopardy!" terminology the questions are called "clues". If the very first "clue" selected is a Daily Double, the player who selected it will have no money yet. In this case, what """is""" the maximum (in dollars) that the player is allowed to wager? 9. Still on "Jeopardy!", at what moment """are""" players first allowed to ring in on a normal "clue"? 10. And which player """makes""" the first selection in the Double Jeopardy! round? -- Mark Brader "Never trust anybody who says 'trust me.' Toronto Except just this once, of course." msb@vex.net -- John Varley, "Steel Beach" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 22 09:51PM -0700 On 4/22/21 9:12 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. That Sam-I-Am, > That Sam-I-Am, > I do not like that Sam-I-Am. Green Eggs and Ham > This was no time for fun > This was no time for games > There was work to be done. The Cat in the Hat > 4. On "The Hollywood Squares", if a player guessed wrong, the square > sometimes went to the opponent and sometimes not. When did > it not? When it would win the game for the opponent > allowed to ring in on a normal "clue"? > 10. And which player """makes""" the first selection in the Double > Jeopardy! round? the one with the lowest score from Single Jeopardy -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 23 05:09AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 1. That Sam-I-Am, > That Sam-I-Am, > I do not like that Sam-I-Am. "Green Eggs and Ham" > And a red balloon > And a picture of > The cow jumping over the moon. "Goodnight Moon" > This was no time for fun > This was no time for games > There was work to be done. "The Cat in the Hat" > 5. Chug chug chug. > Puff puff puff. > Ding-dong ding-dong. "The Little Engine That Could" > 6. Once upon a time there were four little rabbits. "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" > 7. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live. But every > time Mr. Mallard saw what looked like a nice place, Mrs. Mallard > said it was no good. "Real Estate for Ducks" > His Mother called him "Wild Thing" > And Max said "I'll eat you up!" > So he was sent to bed without eating anything. "Where the Wild Things Are" > That was covered with vines > Lived twelve little girls > In two straight lines. "Madeline" > the rule as it was when the situation was last possible. > 2. On "Wheel of Fortune", the player in the Bonus Round """is""" given > *which 6* common letters to start? R, S, T, L, N, and E > total retail price of the items therein. As you know, the one > that comes closest without going over wins their showcase -- > but how can the winner also receive the other showcase? come within $100 below the correct total for their own showcase > 4. On "The Hollywood Squares", if a player guessed wrong, the square > sometimes went to the opponent and sometimes not. When did > it not? if the opponent would have achieved tic-tac-toe had the square been awarded to them > make it explicit: if the answer is N, this means that after > it is decided which team will play the category, the Nth wrong > answer is the last one they are allowed to give. 3 > 7. What """happens""" on "Jeopardy!" if there is a tie at the end of > Final Jeopardy!? (In a regular game, not a tournament.) 2021 answer: the players in the tie are given a single tiebreaker clue, and the first to ring in and get it right wins; > who selected it will have no money yet. In this case, what > """is""" the maximum (in dollars) that the player is allowed > to wager? 2021 answer: $1000 > 9. Still on "Jeopardy!", at what moment """are""" players first > allowed to ring in on a normal "clue"? when the host finishes reading the clue > 10. And which player """makes""" the first selection in the Double > Jeopardy! round? the player in last place going into Double Jeopardy! -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 22 11:10PM -0500 Mark Brader: > the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried these this time. > You should have been learning about *nanograms*. Ross > Rebagliati's urine samples contained marijuana metabolites in > the amount of how many nanograms per milliliter, within 1.5? 17.8 (accepting 16.3-19.3). > 2. What difference between men and women did a group of neurology > researchers in Detroit announce this week? Men's brains shrink more with age. > I wrote one of these rounds. The geography round, I did. > present teams. Now, however, I will only accept the correct > answers as of 1998. > 1. Buddy Bell. (Detroit) Tigers. 3 for Joshua. > 2. Art Howe. (Oakland) A's (Athletics). 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 3. Jimy Williams. (Boston) Red Sox. > 4. Joe Torre. (New York) Yankees. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 5. Ray Miller. (Baltimore) Orioles. 4 for Pete. > 6. Jerry Manuel. (Chicago) White Sox. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 7. Tony Muser. (Kansas City) Royals. 2 for Joshua. > 8. Terry Collins. (Anaheim, not California) Angels. > 9. Larry Rothschild. (Tampa Bay) Devil Rays. (Both words required.) "Devil" was part of the name until 2008. > 10. Johnny Oates. (Texas) Rangers. > *Note*: some letters on the map may be used in more than one > question, for example an island and a town on the island. > 1. Which letter marks the Davis Strait? Z. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 2. The northernmost town on Canada's mainland highway network > """is""" F. Name it. Inuvik. (Still true.) Yellowknife is K; Alert is on Ellesmere I. (S) > 3. Which letter is Whitehorse? D. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 4. Canada's highest point is Mt. Logan. Which letter is that? A. 4 for Dan Tilque. > winters and a summer there in 1903-05 during the first successful > traversal of the Northwest Passage. Name *either* the ship, > or its captain, or the island. Gjřa, Roald Amundsen, King William I. > 6. The northernmost part of the Canadian mainland is the peninsula > with the letter R. What's it called? Boothia Peninsula. > 7. This natural feature was located at letter R when first > discovered in 1831, but has been moving at an increasing rate in > """this""" century and by 1994 had reached letter N. What is it? (North) Magnetic Pole. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. 3 for Pete. And in the following 25 years it moved farther than it did in that entire 163-year span. It's now at a position on the other side of the North Pole, off the top of the map by about the length of Ellesmere I. (S). > 8. Which letter is on Southampton I.? U. 3 for Dan Blum and Joshua. In 2009 I was interested to see that 5 out of 8 entrants guessed that it was either P or U, although there are 4 other islands with letters on them. This time 4 out of 5 did. > 9. The town marked X formerly shared a name with the water that > it's on, but its native name is now preferred. It """will be""" > the capital of the Nunavut Territory. Give *either* name. Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit. (Yes, it's now the capital.) 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. Dan Tilque and Joshua spelled it correctly. > 10. The islands with letters L, S, and X are three of the 10 largest > in the world. Simply name any *two* -- you don't even have to > say which is which. In size order -- e*X*tra large: Baffin. *L*arge: Victoria. And *S*mall(est): Ellesmere. (This was entirely accidental and I didn't even notice it until retyping the round for posting!) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. If none of the names have changed since 1998, the other letters are: B. Old Crow (town) M. Bathurst Inlet C. Castle Mountain (town and inlet) E. Keele Peak P. Prince of Wales I. G. Beaufort Sea T. Lancaster Sound H. Mt. Sir James McBrien V. Baffin Bay J. McClure Strait W. Foxe Basin K. Yellowknife Y. Hudson Strait Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo Can Joshua Kreitzer 17 18 35 Pete Gayde 16 11 27 Dan Tilque 0 24 24 Dan Blum 2 11 13 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "...but I could be wromg." --Rodney Boyd My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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