Mark Brader
2023-11-08 06:16:38 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-16,
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 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 the Usual Suspects 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 please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - Canadian Army and Navy Ranks
Please see: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g4r2/ranks.pdf
For the first 6 questions, we give you the number and tell you
which military force, and you must name the rank. Note that two
images are shown for each of illustrations #3 through #6 -- those
are the shoulder and sleeve insignia for the rank.
1. In Canada the official pronunciation of "L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-T"
is the British "lef-tenant", not the sensible "loo-tenant".
So, in the army, which insignia is a lieutenant-general?
2. In the navy, which one is an acting sub-lieutenant?
3. In the navy, which one is a captain?
4. In the army, which one is a captain?
5. In the army, which one is a colonel?
6. In the navy, which one is a lieutenant?
The remaining questions, of course, work the other way. You must
give the full name of each rank -- if the right answer was
"lieutenant-general", then "lieutenant" or "general" would be wrong,
even though this officer would be addressed as "General" Johnson.
7. What navy rank has insignia 4?
8. What army rank has insignia 3?
9. What army rank has insignia 9?
10. What navy rank has insignia 15?
So there were 6 decoys. Please decode the rot13 after you've
finished the round, if you'd like to see the ranks and identify
the insignia for each one, for fun, but for no points.
11. Anil, puvrs crggl bssvpre svefg pynff.
12. Nezl, znwbe.
13. Nezl, fretrnag.
14. Anil, nqzveny.
15. Nezl, yvrhgranag-pbybary.
16. Anil, yvrhgranag-pbzznaqre.
* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Largest Cities in US States
We'll give you the name of a US state; you simply tell us the
name of its largest city by population. In every case we are referring
to the population of the city proper, not its metropolitan area.
1. Florida.
2. Alaska.
3. Louisiana.
4. Delaware.
5. Iowa.
6. Kentucky.
7. Maine.
8. Texas.
9. North Dakota.
10. Montana.
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 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 the Usual Suspects 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 please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - Canadian Army and Navy Ranks
Please see: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g4r2/ranks.pdf
For the first 6 questions, we give you the number and tell you
which military force, and you must name the rank. Note that two
images are shown for each of illustrations #3 through #6 -- those
are the shoulder and sleeve insignia for the rank.
1. In Canada the official pronunciation of "L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-T"
is the British "lef-tenant", not the sensible "loo-tenant".
So, in the army, which insignia is a lieutenant-general?
2. In the navy, which one is an acting sub-lieutenant?
3. In the navy, which one is a captain?
4. In the army, which one is a captain?
5. In the army, which one is a colonel?
6. In the navy, which one is a lieutenant?
The remaining questions, of course, work the other way. You must
give the full name of each rank -- if the right answer was
"lieutenant-general", then "lieutenant" or "general" would be wrong,
even though this officer would be addressed as "General" Johnson.
7. What navy rank has insignia 4?
8. What army rank has insignia 3?
9. What army rank has insignia 9?
10. What navy rank has insignia 15?
So there were 6 decoys. Please decode the rot13 after you've
finished the round, if you'd like to see the ranks and identify
the insignia for each one, for fun, but for no points.
11. Anil, puvrs crggl bssvpre svefg pynff.
12. Nezl, znwbe.
13. Nezl, fretrnag.
14. Anil, nqzveny.
15. Nezl, yvrhgranag-pbybary.
16. Anil, yvrhgranag-pbzznaqre.
* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Largest Cities in US States
We'll give you the name of a US state; you simply tell us the
name of its largest city by population. In every case we are referring
to the population of the city proper, not its metropolitan area.
1. Florida.
2. Alaska.
3. Louisiana.
4. Delaware.
5. Iowa.
6. Kentucky.
7. Maine.
8. Texas.
9. North Dakota.
10. Montana.
--
Mark Brader "They're trying to invent a new crime:
Toronto interference with a business model."
***@vex.net --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader "They're trying to invent a new crime:
Toronto interference with a business model."
***@vex.net --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.