Mark Brader
2023-06-08 04:02:45 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,
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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Name That Element!
On the periodic table of elements, many symbols are derived from
the element's commonly-used name, like C for carbon, but some
are not. We'll give you a symbol, the word it was derived from,
and its atomic number. You tell us its common name.
1. K (kalium), 19.
2. Au (aurum), 79.
3. W (wolfram), 74.
4. Fe (ferrum), 26.
5. Sb (stibium), 51.
6. Sn (stannum), 50.
7. Na (natrium), 11.
8. Ag (argentum), 47.
9. Cu (cuprum ["KOO-prum"]), 29.
10. Pb (plumbum ["PLUM-bum"]), 82.
* Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - After they were Olympians
Name these Olympic athletes, who all went on to other careers.
You will be given some of their Olympic results (not necessarily
all of their medals), and usually, additional hints about their
post-Olympic careers.
1. 2006, gold in speed skating. 1996, two bronzes in cycling.
Mental health advocate.
2. 2010 and 2018, gold in ice dance. Spokesperson for cosmetics,
jewellery, and eyeglasses.
3. 1964, gold in basketball. US Senator from New Jersey.
4. 1996, bronze in boxing. Senator. Finished third behind Bongbong
Marcos in his country's presidential election.
5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon. Military command and
subject of 1970 movie.
6. 2004, gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Member of the Duma and
alleged mother.
7. 1976, gold in decathlon. Enough said.
8. 1924, gold in rowing eights. Physician and best-selling author.
9. 1996, gold in boxing. Not to be confused with his older
brother, Vitali, who has a successful career in municipal
politics. The surname is sufficient.
10. 1980 and 1984, gold in 1500 m. Member of Parliament, lord,
and chairman of the 2012 Olympic Organising Committee.
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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Name That Element!
On the periodic table of elements, many symbols are derived from
the element's commonly-used name, like C for carbon, but some
are not. We'll give you a symbol, the word it was derived from,
and its atomic number. You tell us its common name.
1. K (kalium), 19.
2. Au (aurum), 79.
3. W (wolfram), 74.
4. Fe (ferrum), 26.
5. Sb (stibium), 51.
6. Sn (stannum), 50.
7. Na (natrium), 11.
8. Ag (argentum), 47.
9. Cu (cuprum ["KOO-prum"]), 29.
10. Pb (plumbum ["PLUM-bum"]), 82.
* Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - After they were Olympians
Name these Olympic athletes, who all went on to other careers.
You will be given some of their Olympic results (not necessarily
all of their medals), and usually, additional hints about their
post-Olympic careers.
1. 2006, gold in speed skating. 1996, two bronzes in cycling.
Mental health advocate.
2. 2010 and 2018, gold in ice dance. Spokesperson for cosmetics,
jewellery, and eyeglasses.
3. 1964, gold in basketball. US Senator from New Jersey.
4. 1996, bronze in boxing. Senator. Finished third behind Bongbong
Marcos in his country's presidential election.
5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon. Military command and
subject of 1970 movie.
6. 2004, gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Member of the Duma and
alleged mother.
7. 1976, gold in decathlon. Enough said.
8. 1924, gold in rowing eights. Physician and best-selling author.
9. 1996, gold in boxing. Not to be confused with his older
brother, Vitali, who has a successful career in municipal
politics. The surname is sufficient.
10. 1980 and 1984, gold in 1500 m. Member of Parliament, lord,
and chairman of the 2012 Olympic Organising Committee.
--
Mark Brader "The past keeps getting cooler!
Toronto (And there's more of it every day!)"
***@vex.net --Randall Munroe
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader "The past keeps getting cooler!
Toronto (And there's more of it every day!)"
***@vex.net --Randall Munroe
My text in this article is in the public domain.