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QFTCI11 Game 7 Rounds 9-10: weapons, challenge!
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Mark Brader
Sep 20, 2011, 12:49:04 AM9/20/11
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
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. For further information see
my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
technological change first made it practical for the blade
of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
force of archers armed with what type of bow?
3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
What is it called in Japanese?
4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
days, exploded?
6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
thistle; what is it called?
8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
What's it called?
9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
"Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
"torpedoes" today?
10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
* Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
its title?
B. Who Lives There (Geography)
B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
C. There is Not (Science)
C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
What was this name?
C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
other substances; at one time it was believed that
electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
regular commercial fleet service?
D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
the instrument.
E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
played for. What highway?
F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
number did he wear?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Information! ... We want information!"
m...@vex.net -- The Prisoner
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. For further information see
my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
technological change first made it practical for the blade
of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
force of archers armed with what type of bow?
3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
What is it called in Japanese?
4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
days, exploded?
6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
thistle; what is it called?
8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
What's it called?
9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
"Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
"torpedoes" today?
10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
* Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
its title?
B. Who Lives There (Geography)
B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
C. There is Not (Science)
C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
What was this name?
C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
other substances; at one time it was believed that
electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
regular commercial fleet service?
D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
the instrument.
E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
played for. What highway?
F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
number did he wear?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Information! ... We want information!"
m...@vex.net -- The Prisoner
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Sep 20, 2011, 1:57:22 AM9/20/11
to
On Sep 19, 11:49 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
development of steel
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodor Seuss Geisel
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
11; 14
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Joachim Parsch
Sep 20, 2011, 2:18:39 AM9/20/11
to
Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Discovery of steel.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
Joachim
Peter Smyth
Sep 20, 2011, 4:31:26 AM9/20/11
to
>"Mark Brader" wrote in message
>news:w4OdnYMP06ndhuXT...@vex.net...
>* Game 7, Round 9 - Weapo ns in History
>
>1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Discovery of steel
>1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
>2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
longbow
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
>3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
>4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
>5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
Hiroshima
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
>4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
>5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
>6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
mustard gas
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
>7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
caltrop
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
>9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
missiles
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
>9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
>10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
>
>After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
>dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
>zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
>* Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
>This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
>Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
>Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
>A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat In The Hat
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
>
>After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
>dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
>zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
>* Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
>This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
>Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
>Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
>A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
>B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
sydnian
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
mancunian
>C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
Vulcan
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
luminous ether
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
>D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Tiger
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
>E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
banjo
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
>F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
52
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
>F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
52
> number did he wear?
Peter Smyth
Dan Tilque
Sep 20, 2011, 6:26:39 AM9/20/11
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
invention of bronze
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
>
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
>
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
>
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
>
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat in the Hat
>
>
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
Sydneysider
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
>
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
>
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
>
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
>
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 20, 2011, 7:23:04 AM9/20/11
to
In article <w4OdnYMP06ndhuXT...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
longbow
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
launches multiple rockets simultaneously
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
Alamogordo, NM
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
mustard gas
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
rocket-propelled grenade
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
mines
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
blunderbuss
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore Geissell
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
aether
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
Boeing 777
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Bengal tiger
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
ukulele
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
Miss Vicki
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
bronze
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat In The Hat
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
Mancunian
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
--
Dan Blum
Sep 20, 2011, 4:02:30 PM9/20/11
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
iron smelting
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore Geisel
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat in the Hat
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
Syddie; Sydder
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C. There is Not (Science)
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
Miss Vicki
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
13; 17
> number did he wear?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 20, 2011, 5:06:16 PM9/20/11
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
Crossbow
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
English dictionary, but it was not listed.
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Pete
Sep 20, 2011, 8:59:13 PM9/20/11
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:w4OdnYMP06ndhuXTnZ2dnUVZ_h-
dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Tempered steel
>
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
Crossbow
>
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
Nunchuk
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
Rocket
>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
Alamagordo
>
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
Mustard gas; Ypres
>
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
Mortar
>
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
Cannon balls
>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
Blunderbuss
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore Geisel
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
>
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
Krypton
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
Ether
>
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
Boeing 747
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Lion
>
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
Miss Vicki
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
15; 10
>
Pete
dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
>
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
>
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
>
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
>
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat in the Hat
>
>
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
Mancunian
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
>
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
>
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
>
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
>
Pete
Rob Parker
Sep 21, 2011, 3:41:22 AM9/21/11
to
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
alloys
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
[This was part of one of emblems of DSTO, where I used to work]
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore something :-(
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
Rob
Jeffrey Turner
Sep 21, 2011, 8:56:12 PM9/21/11
to
On 9/20/2011 12:49 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Stronger metal.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
If you answered any
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
question with just the name of a country, we need
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore "Ted" Geisel
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
Calvin
Sep 22, 2011, 6:49:04 PM9/22/11
to
On Sep 20, 2:49 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Tempered steel
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
Longbow
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
Ninja star?
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
The mind boggles.
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
New Mexico
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
Somne
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
Dunno
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
Dunno
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
Missile?
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
Blunderbuss
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Jurgen Horatio Ng
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat in the Hat
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
Colloquially "wanker" but I guess you want Sydneysider :)
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
Manchurian
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
Photogasm, Corpuscular theory.
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
A380
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Tiger, Lion
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
Good set, apart from the last few :-)
cheers,
calvin
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