Mark Brader
2023-12-01 08:20:03 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
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 wrote one of these rounds, and 2/3 of the other.
** Game 5, Round 9 - Geography History - Sorry, You've Missed It!
Please see: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g5r9/miss.pdf
Some of the landmarks on the handout look notably different now
than you see in the pictures; others no longer exist at all. So if
you'd like to go and see one of them as it appears in the pictures --
sorry, you've missed it!
1. Three of the photos on page 1 of the handout were taken in the
same city. Name *any two* of the three letters.
2. Photo A is on the opposite coast. We've blanked out the two
signs showing the name of the restaurant -- what was it?
3. Photo H is in Toronto. The complex still exists, but the terrace
in the center of the photo no longer does. Either tell *who*
it was named after, or tell *who* the new structure that replaced
it is named after.
4. The building in F existed in two different forms at different
times, but neither one exists any more. Name it.
5. Photo D no longer exists in that form due to religious reasons.
What country was it in?
6. Okay, turn the page. Speaking of religion, photo I on page 2
shows the so-called Twelve Apostles as they existed before the
collapse of one column in 2005. There never were 12 of them.
But what country were they in?
7. Photo P was in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, but the rock
formation collapsed in 2003. Name it.
8. Photo J shows Elephant Rock, before a large part of it collapsed
in 2016. Where in Canada was it? Name *either* the province
or the adjacent body of water.
9. In the real world, the formation in L was called the Azure
Window. *Either* name the island country where it was in the
real world, *or* tell what continent near Westeros that it's
on in fiction.
10. Photo M was in the Sahara Desert. The Tree of Ténéré had roots
reaching over 100 feet down to the water table, and was the last
survivor of a stand of trees existing decades earlier. In the
end, the nearest other tree was something like 100 miles away.
The Tree of Ténéré no longer exists: what happened to it?
There were 4 decoys. If you like, for fun, but for no points,
decode the rot13 for a question about each one.
11. Cvpgher R fubjf Dhrra Nznavfunxurgb'f clenzvq va Fhqna.
Jung unccrarq gb vg?
12. Gur sbezngvba va X pbyyncfrq va 2021. Jung pbhagel jnf vg va?
13. Va jung *pvgl* vf cvpgher A, naq jung unccrarq gb punatr guvf
angheny sbezngvba?
14. Rvgure anzr gur sbezngvba va cvpgher B, be gryy jurer va Dhrorp
vg vf.
** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. History: New Products of 1990
A1. Which new line of cars from General Motors went into
production in 1990?
A2. Which version of Windows was released by Microsoft in 1990?
Be specific.
* B. Science: Astronomical Etymology
B1. An exploding star is called a nova, supernova, or hypernova
depending on the type of explosion. What does "nova"
mean in Latin?
B2. The word "planet" is derived from a Greek word that means
what?
* C. Literature: Lord of the Rings
C1. The task of the Fellowship of the Ring is to transport the
One Ring to what specific location where it can be destroyed?
C2. How exactly does it happen that the One Ring is destroyed?
* D. Canadiana Geography: Long Rivers
These questions refer to the rivers as named, not to their
tributaries that may cross borders. For example, the Mississippi
does not include the Missouri.
D1. What is the longest river that is entirely in Canada?
D2. What is the longest river that is entirely within BC?
* E. Sports: Unusual Baseball Tactics
E1. In 1951 the St. Louis Browns used a player they thought would
be unusually hard to strike out. His name was Eddie Gaedel.
Why did they think that?
E2. An eephus pitch is supposed to be unusually hard to hit.
What's unusual about it?
* F. Entertainment: 1960s Game Show Hosts
F1. Who was the original host of "Jeopardy!", starting in 1964?
F2. Who was the original host of "Password", starting in 1961?
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 wrote one of these rounds, and 2/3 of the other.
** Game 5, Round 9 - Geography History - Sorry, You've Missed It!
Please see: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g5r9/miss.pdf
Some of the landmarks on the handout look notably different now
than you see in the pictures; others no longer exist at all. So if
you'd like to go and see one of them as it appears in the pictures --
sorry, you've missed it!
1. Three of the photos on page 1 of the handout were taken in the
same city. Name *any two* of the three letters.
2. Photo A is on the opposite coast. We've blanked out the two
signs showing the name of the restaurant -- what was it?
3. Photo H is in Toronto. The complex still exists, but the terrace
in the center of the photo no longer does. Either tell *who*
it was named after, or tell *who* the new structure that replaced
it is named after.
4. The building in F existed in two different forms at different
times, but neither one exists any more. Name it.
5. Photo D no longer exists in that form due to religious reasons.
What country was it in?
6. Okay, turn the page. Speaking of religion, photo I on page 2
shows the so-called Twelve Apostles as they existed before the
collapse of one column in 2005. There never were 12 of them.
But what country were they in?
7. Photo P was in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, but the rock
formation collapsed in 2003. Name it.
8. Photo J shows Elephant Rock, before a large part of it collapsed
in 2016. Where in Canada was it? Name *either* the province
or the adjacent body of water.
9. In the real world, the formation in L was called the Azure
Window. *Either* name the island country where it was in the
real world, *or* tell what continent near Westeros that it's
on in fiction.
10. Photo M was in the Sahara Desert. The Tree of Ténéré had roots
reaching over 100 feet down to the water table, and was the last
survivor of a stand of trees existing decades earlier. In the
end, the nearest other tree was something like 100 miles away.
The Tree of Ténéré no longer exists: what happened to it?
There were 4 decoys. If you like, for fun, but for no points,
decode the rot13 for a question about each one.
11. Cvpgher R fubjf Dhrra Nznavfunxurgb'f clenzvq va Fhqna.
Jung unccrarq gb vg?
12. Gur sbezngvba va X pbyyncfrq va 2021. Jung pbhagel jnf vg va?
13. Va jung *pvgl* vf cvpgher A, naq jung unccrarq gb punatr guvf
angheny sbezngvba?
14. Rvgure anzr gur sbezngvba va cvpgher B, be gryy jurer va Dhrorp
vg vf.
** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. History: New Products of 1990
A1. Which new line of cars from General Motors went into
production in 1990?
A2. Which version of Windows was released by Microsoft in 1990?
Be specific.
* B. Science: Astronomical Etymology
B1. An exploding star is called a nova, supernova, or hypernova
depending on the type of explosion. What does "nova"
mean in Latin?
B2. The word "planet" is derived from a Greek word that means
what?
* C. Literature: Lord of the Rings
C1. The task of the Fellowship of the Ring is to transport the
One Ring to what specific location where it can be destroyed?
C2. How exactly does it happen that the One Ring is destroyed?
* D. Canadiana Geography: Long Rivers
These questions refer to the rivers as named, not to their
tributaries that may cross borders. For example, the Mississippi
does not include the Missouri.
D1. What is the longest river that is entirely in Canada?
D2. What is the longest river that is entirely within BC?
* E. Sports: Unusual Baseball Tactics
E1. In 1951 the St. Louis Browns used a player they thought would
be unusually hard to strike out. His name was Eddie Gaedel.
Why did they think that?
E2. An eephus pitch is supposed to be unusually hard to hit.
What's unusual about it?
* F. Entertainment: 1960s Game Show Hosts
F1. Who was the original host of "Jeopardy!", starting in 1964?
F2. Who was the original host of "Password", starting in 1961?
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Mark Brader, Toronto But that's what all the other
***@vex.net individualists are doing!
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader, Toronto But that's what all the other
***@vex.net individualists are doing!
My text in this article is in the public domain.