Mark Brader
2023-07-08 04:25:20 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-05,
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 7 - History - Turkish History
1. With their capital at Hattusas, this empire based in modern
Turkey was one of the great powers of the ancient world.
They clashed with the Egyptians under Ramses II at the battle
of Qadesh. Which empire was this?
2. This legendary city is located at the site of Hisarlik.
Heinrich Schliemann started archeological excavations there
in 1871. What city?
3. The Byzantine Empire takes its name from the ancient city of
Byzantium, which was located on the site of which modern city?
4. In 1453 Constantinople fell to Mehmet the Conqueror, leader of
which empire?
5. The <answer 4> reached its zenith in the 16th century under
the reign of which sultan nicknamed "the Magnificent"?
6. The <answer 4> officially ended in 1922, superseded by a republic
founded by who?
7. Turkey joined this organization in 1952 along with their
arch-rivals Greece. They have been a problematic member
ever since. Which organization?
8. Following a 1974 coup d'état in this nation, Turkish armed
forces invaded and occupied the northern half of the country,
enforcing a partition which continues to the present.
What nation?
9. In 1959 Turkey applied for associate membership in this
organization. They applied for formal membership in 1987,
and accession discussions started in 2005. They still have not
been admitted -- to what organization? Give its current name.
10. On 2023-05-28, who won a run-off election to win his 3rd term
as President of Turkey?
* Game 4, Round 8 - Sports - Sailing Terms
In each case, identify the sailing-related term described.
1. A kitchen on a boat.
2. A floating navigational marker.
3. A sail's top corner; also a boat's toilet.
4. The spar that takes the lower edge of a sail.
5. The center-line backbone at the bottom of a boat.
6. A short piece of wood by which the rudder is turned.
7. A rope or brass ring in a sail or a piece of canvas.
8. To join ropes or wires by unlaying the strands and interweaving
them.
9. The side opposite that from which the wind blows; the opposite
of the weather side.
10. A triangular headsail set on a stay forward of the foremast,
useful for sailing upwind or close to the wind.
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 7 - History - Turkish History
1. With their capital at Hattusas, this empire based in modern
Turkey was one of the great powers of the ancient world.
They clashed with the Egyptians under Ramses II at the battle
of Qadesh. Which empire was this?
2. This legendary city is located at the site of Hisarlik.
Heinrich Schliemann started archeological excavations there
in 1871. What city?
3. The Byzantine Empire takes its name from the ancient city of
Byzantium, which was located on the site of which modern city?
4. In 1453 Constantinople fell to Mehmet the Conqueror, leader of
which empire?
5. The <answer 4> reached its zenith in the 16th century under
the reign of which sultan nicknamed "the Magnificent"?
6. The <answer 4> officially ended in 1922, superseded by a republic
founded by who?
7. Turkey joined this organization in 1952 along with their
arch-rivals Greece. They have been a problematic member
ever since. Which organization?
8. Following a 1974 coup d'état in this nation, Turkish armed
forces invaded and occupied the northern half of the country,
enforcing a partition which continues to the present.
What nation?
9. In 1959 Turkey applied for associate membership in this
organization. They applied for formal membership in 1987,
and accession discussions started in 2005. They still have not
been admitted -- to what organization? Give its current name.
10. On 2023-05-28, who won a run-off election to win his 3rd term
as President of Turkey?
* Game 4, Round 8 - Sports - Sailing Terms
In each case, identify the sailing-related term described.
1. A kitchen on a boat.
2. A floating navigational marker.
3. A sail's top corner; also a boat's toilet.
4. The spar that takes the lower edge of a sail.
5. The center-line backbone at the bottom of a boat.
6. A short piece of wood by which the rudder is turned.
7. A rope or brass ring in a sail or a piece of canvas.
8. To join ropes or wires by unlaying the strands and interweaving
them.
9. The side opposite that from which the wind blows; the opposite
of the weather side.
10. A triangular headsail set on a stay forward of the foremast,
useful for sailing upwind or close to the wind.
--
Mark Brader "Hacking for 8 years gives a guy a memory.
Toronto If you was with a woman -- I'd've noticed."
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Mark Brader "Hacking for 8 years gives a guy a memory.
Toronto If you was with a woman -- I'd've noticed."
***@vex.net PHANTOM LADY
My text in this article is in the public domain.