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RQFTCICR14 Game 5, Rounds 4,6: Winter Olympics, Russian history
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Mark Brader
Mar 27, 2023, 12:36:40 AM3/27/23
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
sport of skating.
Answers may repeat.
1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
as before?
2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
skiing. What's it called?
3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
Name either city.
5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
lists and totals. Why?
9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
the description is still true.
10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
*Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
* Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
person described.
1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
Fischer in a match in 1972.
2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
career.
3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
(Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
his experiments.
7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
Sergei Eisenstein.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If you want a 20th century solution, the
m...@vex.net | obvious answer is helicopters!" -- Bob Scheurle
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
sport of skating.
Answers may repeat.
1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
as before?
2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
skiing. What's it called?
3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
Name either city.
5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
lists and totals. Why?
9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
the description is still true.
10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
*Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
* Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
person described.
1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
Fischer in a match in 1972.
2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
career.
3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
(Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
his experiments.
7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
Sergei Eisenstein.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If you want a 20th century solution, the
m...@vex.net | obvious answer is helicopters!" -- Bob Scheurle
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 27, 2023, 12:49:36 AM3/27/23
to
On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 11:36:40 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
ski jumping
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
>
> Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
> are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
> you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
> lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
> person described.
>
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
> 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Mar 27, 2023, 9:21:38 AM3/27/23
to
On 3/26/23 21:36, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
snowboarding
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
>
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
>
> 3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
> committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
> compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
>
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
>
> 5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
> than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
> 2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
> the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
>
> 6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
> 1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
>
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
>
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
>
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
>
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
>
> Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
> are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
> you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
> lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
> person described.
>
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
>
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
>
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
>
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
>
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
>
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
>
> 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
>
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
>
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
>
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 27, 2023, 2:02:11 PM3/27/23
to
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
Ski-jumping
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
>
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
Spasky
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
Dan Blum
Mar 27, 2023, 10:18:59 PM3/27/23
to
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
ski jumping
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
Spassky
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
> 7. This emigr? is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
Balanchine
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Mar 29, 2023, 9:58:48 PM3/29/23
to
Mark Brader:
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
Nordic combined. (Still true.) I accepted "Nordic combination".
4 for Joshua and Erland.
> 3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
> committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
> compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
India.
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
Calgary (1988), Salt Lake City (2002). (Still true.) 4 for Erland.
All other Olympic speed skating venues in the past 50 (now 60) years
have been at elevations below 600 m (2,000 feet); but the Calgary
track is at 1,048 m (3,440 feet) and the SLC one at 1,320 m (4,330
feet). See: http://ep.physoc.org/content/95/3/411/T1.expansion.html
> 5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
> than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
> 2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
> the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
Cindy Klassen. (Still true, except for the world records, which
were both beaten in recent years.)
> 6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
> 1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
Myriam Bédard. (Still true.)
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
2014 answer: Luge, Nordic combined, ski jumping. 2023 answer:
Nordic combined is now the only one.
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
The Winter Olympics had not been invented in 1920. Although played
a few months before the other events, the hockey tournament
was considered part of the regular Olympic games. 4 for Joshua
and Erland.
The tournament had an interesting format. First all the teams played
a standard knockout for the gold medal; then all the teams that
*had lost to the gold-medal winners* played a *second* knockout for
silver; then all the other teams that had lost to *either* the gold-
or the silver-medal winners played a *third* knockout for bronze.
This arrangement was called the Bergvall system and it dropped out
of favor soon afterwards.
There were only 7 teams entered altogether, so the first knockout
was 3 rounds, and the other ones 2 rounds each, with one team in
each of the three knockouts getting a first-round bye. Canada took
the gold by beating Czechoslovakia 15-0, the US 2-0, and Sweden
12-1: a combined score of 29-1 in three games. The US took silver
by beating Switzerland 29-0, losing to Canada, then beating Sweden
7-0 and Czechoslovakia 16-0: a combined score of 52-2 in four games.
And by the way, all the games were only two 20-minute periods long,
not three!
As to the bronze, Czechoslovakia only played 3 games altogether
because they got the bye in both the silver and the bronze knockouts;
having lost their first two games by a combined score of 31-0, they
then beat Sweden 1-0 to take the medal.
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
Bobsled (or "bobsleigh"; the 4-man event).
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
(Men's) 50 km. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
> Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
> are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
> you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
> lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
> person described.
This was the easiest round in the original game, and the
second-easiest in the entire season.
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
Boris Spassky. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Dan Blum.
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
Yul Brynner. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
Wassily Kandinsky. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum.
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
Sergey Brin. 4 for everyone.
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
Grigori Rasputin. Not to be confused with any other Putin.
4 for everyone.
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
Ivan Pavlov. 4 for everyone.
> 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
George Balanchine. (Doesn't sound Russian enough? His original
name was Georgy Balanchivadze. The surname is actually Georgian.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
Andrei Gromyko. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanova. ("Anastasia" was sufficient.)
4 for everyone.
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
Grigory Potemkin. 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Can Spo His
Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 16 36 92
Dan Blum 24 4 4 40 72
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 20 32 68
Dan Tilque 32 4 0 28 64
Pete Gayde 19 12 -- -- 31
--
Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
> Answers may repeat.
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
Ski jumping. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
> Answers may repeat.
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
4 for Joshua and Erland.
> 3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
> committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
> compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
All other Olympic speed skating venues in the past 50 (now 60) years
have been at elevations below 600 m (2,000 feet); but the Calgary
track is at 1,048 m (3,440 feet) and the SLC one at 1,320 m (4,330
feet). See: http://ep.physoc.org/content/95/3/411/T1.expansion.html
> 5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
> than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
> 2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
> the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
were both beaten in recent years.)
> 6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
> 1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
Nordic combined is now the only one.
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
a few months before the other events, the hockey tournament
was considered part of the regular Olympic games. 4 for Joshua
and Erland.
The tournament had an interesting format. First all the teams played
a standard knockout for the gold medal; then all the teams that
*had lost to the gold-medal winners* played a *second* knockout for
silver; then all the other teams that had lost to *either* the gold-
or the silver-medal winners played a *third* knockout for bronze.
This arrangement was called the Bergvall system and it dropped out
of favor soon afterwards.
There were only 7 teams entered altogether, so the first knockout
was 3 rounds, and the other ones 2 rounds each, with one team in
each of the three knockouts getting a first-round bye. Canada took
the gold by beating Czechoslovakia 15-0, the US 2-0, and Sweden
12-1: a combined score of 29-1 in three games. The US took silver
by beating Switzerland 29-0, losing to Canada, then beating Sweden
7-0 and Czechoslovakia 16-0: a combined score of 52-2 in four games.
And by the way, all the games were only two 20-minute periods long,
not three!
As to the bronze, Czechoslovakia only played 3 games altogether
because they got the bye in both the silver and the bronze knockouts;
having lost their first two games by a combined score of 31-0, they
then beat Sweden 1-0 to take the medal.
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
> Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
> are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
> you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
> lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
> person described.
second-easiest in the entire season.
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
and Dan Blum.
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
4 for everyone.
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
> 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
name was Georgy Balanchivadze. The surname is actually Georgian.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
4 for everyone.
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Can Spo His
Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 16 36 92
Dan Blum 24 4 4 40 72
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 20 32 68
Dan Tilque 32 4 0 28 64
Pete Gayde 19 12 -- -- 31
--
Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
Mark Brader
Mar 29, 2023, 10:02:17 PM3/29/23
to
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Please see the handout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
(No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
to show.)
We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
their geographical range.
1. Sami.
2. !Kung.
3. Pygmies.
4. Berbers.
5. Nubians.
6. Marsh Arabs.
7. Kanaka Maoli.
8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
and related structures.
1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
What are they called?
3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
as what?
5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
of position?
6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
the spine?
7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
(with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
8. The spinal cord and the CSF run through a set of openings in
the vertebrae, collectively called what?
9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
that join the bones of the skull?
10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
What are these membranes collectively known as?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Logic is logic. That's all I say."
m...@vex.net -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mark Brader
Mar 29, 2023, 10:03:17 PM3/29/23
to
Again I forgot to start a new thread. Sorry. Please post your
responses in either thread.
responses in either thread.
Pete Gayde
Mar 29, 2023, 10:21:14 PM3/29/23
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
Ski jumping
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Sports - Winter Olympics
>
> First a reminder of Olympic terminology. There """are"""
> 7 *sports*, subdivided into 15 *disciplines*, within which are
> 98 different *events* with medals awarded for each event.
> For example, men's 1000 m speed skating """is""" an event within
> the discipline of speed skating, which """falls""" within the
> sport of skating.
>
> Answers may repeat.
>
> 1. At the 2014 Olympics, what skiing discipline """will have"""
> both men's and women's competitions instead of only men's
> as before?
>
> 2. The """last remaining""" Winter Olympic discipline to be
> contested only by men combines ski jumping and cross-country
> skiing. What's it called?
>
> 3. At Sochi, because of the suspension of their nation's Olympic
> committee, the three Winter Olympians from *what country* """must
> compete""" as independent participants, under the Olympic flag?
>
> 4. Nearly all """current""" *world* records (not just Olympic
> records) in speed skating were set at just two facilities,
> each originally constructed for the Olympics. Where are they?
> Name either city.
>
> 5. This speed skater """has won 6""" Winter Olympic medals, """more
> than any other Canadian""". She won a bronze in 2002, then gold,
> 2 silver, and 2 more bronze in 2006. She """still holds"""
> the women's world records at 1500 and 3000 m. Who?
>
> 6. Who won """Canada's only medals""" in biathlon -- a bronze in
> 1992 and 2 golds in 1994?
>
> 7. Name any of the """three current""" Winter Olympic disciplines
> in which *no* Canadian team or individual has ever won a medal.
>
> 8. Canada's 1920 gold medal for hockey (or "ice hockey" as the
> Olympics people call it) is usually excluded from Winter Olympic
> lists and totals. Why?
>
> 9. """Three Winter Olympic events, all men's events, are not
> concluded until the last day of the games. One is hockey,
> and there is one other team sport.""" Which one? *Note*:
> in the 2022 Olympics there were also mixed or women's events
> on the last day, but if only men's events are considered,
> the description is still true.
>
> 10. """The only individual event on the last day""" is the longest
> ski race of the Olympics. How long is this cross-country event?
> *Note*: In 2022 it was on the second-last day.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - History - Famous Russian Historical Figures
>
> Russia is in the news as the world focuses on """Sochi""". Though they
> are not Olympians, all of the people that these questions ask
> you to identify were born in Russia. However, some of them later
> lived and made their careers elsewhere. In each case, name the
> person described.
>
> 1. This Russian chess champion was famously defeated by Bobby
> Fischer in a match in 1972.
>
> 2. Born in Vladivostok, this Hollywood actor played King Mongkut of
> Siam and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses during his long screen
> career.
>
> 3. Born in 1866 in Moscow, this painter is credited with painting
> the first purely abstract works and he was the founder of the
> Blue Rider school of painting, named after an early famous work.
> He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture
> from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933.
>
> 4. He was born in 1973 in Moscow and immigrated to the US at the
> age of 6. Decades later he co-founded Google.
>
> 5. This controversial "spiritual advisor" to Russian Czar
> Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra was held by many to be a
> charlatan. His sway over the czar ended when he was killed --
> by being poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned in the Neva River.
> (Or at least, that's one version of the events.)
>
> 6. Born in 1849 this physiologist is known primarily for his
> work in classical conditioning or conditioned reflexes and won
> the 1904 Nobel Prize for medicine. Bells and dogs figured in
> his experiments.
>
> 7. This emigré is one of the 20th century's most prolific and famous
> choreographers and a co-founder of the New York City Ballet
> company. He is also known for his neoclassical style -- and
> for his romances with numerous ballerinas.
>
> 8. His 28-year tenure as Soviet foreign minister preceded the Cuban
> missile crisis and extended to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev
> in 1985, when he was shunted aside.
>
> 9. Several impersonators tried to claim the identity of this
> youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas after the family was murdered
> by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. What was her name?
>
> 10. The surname of this military leader and lover of Catherine the
> Great is associated with a ruse involving the construction of
> painted facades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed
> people, to impress visiting officials. A battleship was also
> named after him and fictionalized in a movie by early filmmaker
> Sergei Eisenstein.
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
Mar 30, 2023, 12:01:06 AM3/30/23
to
If Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
20 points on Round 4 and 36 on Round 6 and been 2nd in the standings
for this game with 87.
--
Mark Brader | "Forgive me if I misunderstood myself, but
Toronto | I don't think I was arguing in favour of that..."
m...@vex.net | -- Geoff Butler
20 points on Round 4 and 36 on Round 6 and been 2nd in the standings
for this game with 87.
--
Mark Brader | "Forgive me if I misunderstood myself, but
Toronto | I don't think I was arguing in favour of that..."
m...@vex.net | -- Geoff Butler
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 30, 2023, 12:32:44 AM3/30/23
to
On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 9:02:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
R
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
> 2. !Kung.
D
> 3. Pygmies.
A
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
B
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
>
> This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
> and related structures.
>
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
> 2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
> What are they called?
> 3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Mar 30, 2023, 1:17:23 AM3/30/23
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
>
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
R
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
>
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
> 2. !Kung.
K
> 3. Pygmies.
A
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
F
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
>
> This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
> and related structures.
>
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
>
> 2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
> What are they called?
>
> 3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
>
> 4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
> as what?
>
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
>
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
>
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
>
> 8. The spinal cord and the CSF run through a set of openings in
> the vertebrae, collectively called what?
>
> 9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
> that join the bones of the skull?
>
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
>
Dan Tilque
Mar 30, 2023, 10:46:25 AM3/30/23
to
On 3/29/23 19:03, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
>
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
R
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
>
> Please see the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
>
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
>
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
>
> 1. Sami.
> 2. !Kung.
D
> 3. Pygmies.
A
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
N
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
F
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
>
> This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
> and related structures.
>
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
>
> 2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
> What are they called?
>
> 3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
>
> 4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
> as what?
>
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
>
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
>
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
>
> 8. The spinal cord and the CSF run through a set of openings in
> the vertebrae, collectively called what?
>
> 9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
> that join the bones of the skull?
>
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
>
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Mar 30, 2023, 2:34:37 PM3/30/23
to
> 1. Sami.
R
> 2. !Kung.
D
> 3. Pygmies.
A
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
K
R
> 2. !Kung.
D
> 3. Pygmies.
A
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
F
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
Dan Blum
Mar 30, 2023, 6:45:40 PM3/30/23
to
> 1. Sami.
R
> 2. !Kung.
D; A
R
> 2. !Kung.
> 3. Pygmies.
A; D
> 4. Berbers.
I
> 5. Nubians.
O
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
F
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
7
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
> 4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
> as what?
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
> 9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
> that join the bones of the skull?
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
Mark Brader
Apr 1, 2023, 11:27:31 PM4/1/23
to
Mark Brader:
that you see on the map, but there was a second R and a second H
where you're seeing T and U! This made it a bit tricky for players
trying to mark the map to show which letters had already been used.
Still, this was the second-easiest round in the original game,
and the fourth-easiest of the entire season.
> 1. Sami.
R. (Otherwise known as Lapps or Laplanders.) 4 for everyone --
Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Dan Blum.
> 2. !Kung.
D. (The "Bushmen of the Kalahari". These are the people featured
in the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Pygmies.
A. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Berbers.
I. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Nubians.
O. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
B. (Otherwise known as Hawaiians.) 4 for Joshua.
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E. (They've been in the news in the """last couple of years""" as
the source of China's "homegrown" terrorist problem.) 4 for everyone.
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
F. (Otherwise known as Easter Islanders. No, they didn't go
completely extinct.) 4 for everyone.
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
H. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
> This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
> and related structures.
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
7. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.
This answer is also correct for most other species of mammals,
including mice and giraffes!
> 2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
> What are they called?
Thoracic vertebrae.
> 3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
Lumbar vertebrae. 4 for Joshua.
> 4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
> as what?
The sacrum. (Not the coccyx or tailbone, which is another set of
fused bones below that.)
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
A ruptured, herniated, or colloquially "slipped" disk. 4 for Joshua,
http://www.mayoclinic.org/anykey/faq-20058428
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
Scoliosis. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
In 2014 someone answered hunchback. This is not the same thing;
it's a forward curvature, also called kyphosis. When I posted these
answers in 2014, I noted that the distinction had come up in the
news that same day:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/health/richard-iii-spine-scoliosis/
and that the signature quote I used on the posting, which I have
selected manually to use this time, had come up at random!
This time someone tried "stenosis". That means a narrowing.
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
Cerebrospinal fluid. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 8. The spinal cord and the CSF run through a set of openings in
> the vertebrae, collectively called what?
The spinal canal.
> 9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
> that join the bones of the skull?
Sutures. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
Meninges. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
There are three of them, individually called the dura mater, the
arachnoid mater or just arachnoid, and the pia mater.
The blood-brain barrier is something different.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Can Spo His Geo Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 16 36 39 20 135
Dan Blum 24 4 4 40 30 24 118
Dan Tilque 32 4 0 28 36 12 108
Pete Gayde 19 12 20 36 30 0 105
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 20 32 32 0 100
--
Mark Brader "I'm not Richard, either.
Toronto Oh, wait: I am! Lucky me!"
m...@vex.net --Richard R. Hershberger
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
> Please see the handout:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
In the original game, not only were the letters in the random layout
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Indigenous Peoples
> Please see the handout:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-7/people.jpg
> (No, I don't know how the mapmakers decided which national borders
> to show.)
> We give you the name of an indigenous people or group, and you
> tell us which letter on the map coincides with a typical part of
> their geographical range.
that you see on the map, but there was a second R and a second H
where you're seeing T and U! This made it a bit tricky for players
trying to mark the map to show which letters had already been used.
Still, this was the second-easiest round in the original game,
and the fourth-easiest of the entire season.
> 1. Sami.
R. (Otherwise known as Lapps or Laplanders.) 4 for everyone --
Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Dan Blum.
> 2. !Kung.
D. (The "Bushmen of the Kalahari". These are the people featured
in the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Pygmies.
A. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Berbers.
I. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Nubians.
O. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Marsh Arabs.
Q. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Kanaka Maoli.
B. (Otherwise known as Hawaiians.) 4 for Joshua.
> 8. Uyghurs ["WEE-gurz"].
E. (They've been in the news in the """last couple of years""" as
the source of China's "homegrown" terrorist problem.) 4 for everyone.
> 9. Rapanui (or Rapa Nui).
completely extinct.) 4 for everyone.
> 10. Amerindians. Note: while this term may have been originally
> coined to have a wider meaning, today it is typically used to
> refer to the indigenous peoples of a smaller, more specific
> range. We're looking for this narrower usage.
> * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Skull and Bones... or Backbones, Anyway
> This is a round about the human spine, with a nod to the skull
> and related structures.
> 1. The spine consists of 24 articulating vertebrae. How many of
> these are cervical vertebrae, making up the neck?
This answer is also correct for most other species of mammals,
including mice and giraffes!
> 2. There are 12 vertebrae which have ribs more or less attached.
> What are they called?
> 3. And the remaining vertebrae are called what?
> 4. Next below the <answer 3> are 5 fused bones known collectively
> as what?
fused bones below that.)
> 5. Between each vertebra and the next is an intervertebral disk.
> What is it called when one of these is injured and forced out
> of position?
Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
A bulging disk is different; see
http://www.mayoclinic.org/anykey/faq-20058428
> 6. What congenital condition results in a sideways curvature of
> the spine?
In 2014 someone answered hunchback. This is not the same thing;
it's a forward curvature, also called kyphosis. When I posted these
answers in 2014, I noted that the distinction had come up in the
news that same day:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/health/richard-iii-spine-scoliosis/
and that the signature quote I used on the posting, which I have
selected manually to use this time, had come up at random!
This time someone tried "stenosis". That means a narrowing.
> 7. What is CSF short for? This is the liquid that surrounds the
> spinal cord and the brain, and may be sometimes "tapped into"
> (with a spinal tap) to test for disease.
> 8. The spinal cord and the CSF run through a set of openings in
> the vertebrae, collectively called what?
> 9. What's the name of the semi-rigid, zigzag-shaped structures
> that join the bones of the skull?
> 10. The protective membranes of the brain and spinal column,
> containing the CSF, may become the site of life-threatening
> inflammation caused by infection by viruses or baceteria.
> What are these membranes collectively known as?
There are three of them, individually called the dura mater, the
arachnoid mater or just arachnoid, and the pia mater.
The blood-brain barrier is something different.
Scores, if there are no errors:
TOPICS-> Lit Can Spo His Geo Sci FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 16 36 39 20 135
Dan Blum 24 4 4 40 30 24 118
Dan Tilque 32 4 0 28 36 12 108
Pete Gayde 19 12 20 36 30 0 105
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 20 32 32 0 100
--
Mark Brader "I'm not Richard, either.
Toronto Oh, wait: I am! Lucky me!"
m...@vex.net --Richard R. Hershberger
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