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QFTCINO Final, Round 8: Miscellaneous
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Mark Brader
Oct 4, 2013, 2:22:04 PM10/4/13
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
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 Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
* Canadian Signature Sweets
This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
and you provide the name.
1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
* Quotations
This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
by the same people.
4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
more so than ever."
5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
* Whatchamacallits
We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
obscure name.
7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
groove between your lip and nose.
* Same Names
This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
the description of the two people who share the same name, and
you give that shared name.
10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
Rises".
11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
"Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
"Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
* Logos Without Corporate Names
Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
from each logo.
13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It was too crazy to be true,
m...@vex.net | and too crazy to be false." --Tom Clancy
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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 Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
* Canadian Signature Sweets
This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
and you provide the name.
1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
* Quotations
This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
by the same people.
4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
more so than ever."
5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
* Whatchamacallits
We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
obscure name.
7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
groove between your lip and nose.
* Same Names
This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
the description of the two people who share the same name, and
you give that shared name.
10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
Rises".
11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
"Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
"Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
* Logos Without Corporate Names
Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
from each logo.
13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It was too crazy to be true,
m...@vex.net | and too crazy to be false." --Tom Clancy
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Bruce Bowler
Oct 4, 2013, 3:20:19 PM10/4/13
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:22:04 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22, 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 Night Owls, and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2013-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you the
> sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with, and you
> provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
Looks like oatmeal w/raisins but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for it
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22, 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 Night Owls, and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2013-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you the
> sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with, and you
> provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
> * Quotations
Don't recognize any of them.
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give the
> description of the two people who share the same name, and you give that
> shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of "Battlestar
> Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed from
> each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
Hewlett Packard
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Skype
Bruce Bowler
Oct 4, 2013, 3:23:26 PM10/4/13
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:20:19 +0000, Bruce Bowler wrote:
>> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
>> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> Looks like oatmeal w/raisins but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for
> it
>
>> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
>> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> Looks like fried bread but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for it
>
>> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
>> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
> Looks like a cinnamon roll but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for
> it
Having a sweet tooth, I had to go look these up. Gotta love the English
>> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
>> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> Looks like oatmeal w/raisins but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for
> it
>
>> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
>> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> Looks like fried bread but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for it
>
>> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
>> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
> Looks like a cinnamon roll but I'm sure Canadians have an odd name for
> it
translation of the French name of #3 :-)
Dan Blum
Oct 4, 2013, 4:06:12 PM10/4/13
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> * Quotations
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
Abraham Lincoln
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
Winston Churchill
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer
> * Whatchamacallits
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
grommet
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
philtrum
> * Same Names
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Anne Hathaway
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
Dave Thomas
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
Richard Hatch
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Twitter
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
> * Whatchamacallits
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Cisco
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
HP
Cisco
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 4, 2013, 4:49:02 PM10/4/13
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In article <R42dncOxKJDRmtLP...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
aiglet
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
philtrum
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Hathaway
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
Thomas
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Cisco
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Skype
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
Albert Einstein
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Peter Smyth
Oct 4, 2013, 5:06:01 PM10/4/13
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Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
Spotted Dick
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
Cinnamon Swirl
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
Churchill
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
Plustrum
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Anne Hathaway
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
Hewlett Packard
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
Peter Smyth
swp
Oct 4, 2013, 9:46:42 PM10/4/13
to
On Friday, October 4, 2013 2:22:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
figgy duff?
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
hp
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
skype?
swp
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 5, 2013, 10:34:25 AM10/5/13
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:R42dncOxKJDRmtLP...@vex.net:
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> * Quotations
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
aglet
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
philtrum
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Anne Hathaway
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
Dave Thomas
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
Richard Hatch
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
HP
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:R42dncOxKJDRmtLP...@vex.net:
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
fry bread
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
> * Quotations
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 5, 2013, 11:31:17 PM10/5/13
to
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
--Jeff
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
calvin
Oct 6, 2013, 6:07:23 PM10/6/13
to
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 04:22:04 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
Just when I think these rounds can't get any more esoteric...
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Oct 6, 2013, 9:40:04 PM10/6/13
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
Gandhi
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
>
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
>
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
>
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Dan Tilque
Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy
Pete
Oct 7, 2013, 2:35:05 AM10/7/13
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> 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 Night Owls, and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
Bread pudding
> 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 Night Owls, and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
>
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
>
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
>
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
>
Pete
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2013, 2:28:02 PM10/7/13
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Mark Brader:
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
Beaver tails or elephant ears.
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
Nun's farts (pets de souers)!
> * Quotations
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
Albert Einstein (in a radio interview in 1950). 4 for Marc
and Stephen.
The quote in the original question was: "The significant problems
we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at
when we created them". Einstein did say something similar, in a
1946 fundraising solicitation for the Emergency Committee of Atomic
Scientists, but it wasn't about unspecified "significant problems",
it was about one problem identified in an earlier sentence: "the
unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of
thinking"; and he referred not to levels of thinking, but to types of
thinking and levels that mankind might attain. His actual wording
asked for money "to let the people know that a new type of thinking
is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels".
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
Winston Churchill (to the Parliament of Canada in 1941; "they"
were the French). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
The quote in the original question was: "Any man who is under 30, and
is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not
a conservative, has no brains." It's not known who really said this
or what the original wording was; but Churchill actually changed *from
the Conservative Party to the Liberals* just before he turned 30,
before switching *back* to the Conservatives 20 years later.
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Robert J. Oppenheimer (at the first nuclear test in 1945).
4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Jeff.
> * Whatchamacallits
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
Aglet. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
Ferrule. 4 for Bruce and Stephen.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
Philtrum. I scored "philtum" is almost correct, but rejected
"plustrum" -- both close decisions. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen,
Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> * Same Names
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Anne Hathaway. No points for just "Ann"! 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Marc, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
A version of this question appeared on "The Million Second Quiz"
on 2013-09-11.
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
Dave Thomas. No points for "Bob Thomas". 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
Richard Hatch. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Cisco. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
HP (Hewlett-Packard). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Skype. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit Mis FOUR
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 52 207
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 36 139
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 28 129
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 32 121
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- -- 99
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 20 80
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 20 79
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 20 75
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 12 66
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 35 54
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- -- 36
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- -- 24
"Pete" -- -- -- -- -- 20 20
--
Mark Brader "Those who do not understand UNIX
Toronto are condemned to reinvent it."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
Figgy duff. 4 for Stephen.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
> * Quotations
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
and Stephen.
The quote in the original question was: "The significant problems
we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at
when we created them". Einstein did say something similar, in a
1946 fundraising solicitation for the Emergency Committee of Atomic
Scientists, but it wasn't about unspecified "significant problems",
it was about one problem identified in an earlier sentence: "the
unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of
thinking"; and he referred not to levels of thinking, but to types of
thinking and levels that mankind might attain. His actual wording
asked for money "to let the people know that a new type of thinking
is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels".
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
were the French). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
The quote in the original question was: "Any man who is under 30, and
is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not
a conservative, has no brains." It's not known who really said this
or what the original wording was; but Churchill actually changed *from
the Conservative Party to the Liberals* just before he turned 30,
before switching *back* to the Conservatives 20 years later.
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Jeff.
> * Whatchamacallits
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.
and Pete.
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
"plustrum" -- both close decisions. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen,
Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> * Same Names
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
Marc, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
A version of this question appeared on "The Million Second Quiz"
on 2013-09-11.
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.
HP (Hewlett-Packard). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
Skype. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit Mis FOUR
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 52 207
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 36 139
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 28 129
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 32 121
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- -- 99
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 20 80
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 20 79
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 20 75
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 12 66
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 35 54
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- -- 36
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- -- 24
"Pete" -- -- -- -- -- 20 20
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