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Mark Brader
May 2, 2015, 1:59:04 PM5/2/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
city from the following handout list:
Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
1. Liechtenstein.
2. Sierra Leone.
3. Zambia.
4. Eritrea.
5. Honduras.
6. Suriname.
7. Tonga.
8. Namibia.
9. Kosovo.
10. Kyrgyzstan.
So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
13. Znynjv.
14. Ohehaqv.
15. Hmorxvfgna.
16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
17. Teranqn.
18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
19. Onuenva.
20. Zbyqbin.
21. Znyv.
22. Ouhgna.
23. Dngne.
24. Fnzbn.
25. Nmreonvwna.
26. Tnoba.
27. Lrzra.
28. Pbzbebf.
29. Gnamnavn.
30. Ghinyh.
31. HX.
32. HF.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
1. Who resigned as Solicitor-General in 1978 when it became known
that he had forged his mistress's husband's signature on a
hospital form so that she could receive an abortion? He returned
in 1980 as Secretary of State and Minister of Communications.
2. Who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008 after
leaving NATO briefing notes at his girlfriend's home? He, too,
has made a comeback, as Minister of Small Business & Tourism.
3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
policies?
4. National Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigned in 1963 from
John Diefenbaker's cabinet over what widely debated defense
issue?
5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
6. Who resigned her seat in Hamilton East in 1996, reluctantly
following through on a promise to do so if Parliament passed
the GST?
7. Which future premier resigned from the cabinet of Brian Mulroney
in 1990 after trying to speak to a judge about a case on which
the judge was ruling?
8. Which Minister of Fisheries and Oceans resigned in 1985 owing
to a scandal related to the sale of tainted tuna?
9. Which outspoken Secretary of State resigned in 1968 in the
dying days of the Lester Pearson government, simply because
she refused to serve in a Trudeau cabinet?
10. Which Minister for International Cooperation resigned as an
MP in 2012 after years of criticism of her spending habits?
--
Mark Brader (Douglas R.) Hofstadter's Law:
Toronto "It always takes longer than you expect, even
m...@vex.net when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
city from the following handout list:
Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
1. Liechtenstein.
2. Sierra Leone.
3. Zambia.
4. Eritrea.
5. Honduras.
6. Suriname.
7. Tonga.
8. Namibia.
9. Kosovo.
10. Kyrgyzstan.
So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
13. Znynjv.
14. Ohehaqv.
15. Hmorxvfgna.
16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
17. Teranqn.
18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
19. Onuenva.
20. Zbyqbin.
21. Znyv.
22. Ouhgna.
23. Dngne.
24. Fnzbn.
25. Nmreonvwna.
26. Tnoba.
27. Lrzra.
28. Pbzbebf.
29. Gnamnavn.
30. Ghinyh.
31. HX.
32. HF.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
1. Who resigned as Solicitor-General in 1978 when it became known
that he had forged his mistress's husband's signature on a
hospital form so that she could receive an abortion? He returned
in 1980 as Secretary of State and Minister of Communications.
2. Who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008 after
leaving NATO briefing notes at his girlfriend's home? He, too,
has made a comeback, as Minister of Small Business & Tourism.
3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
policies?
4. National Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigned in 1963 from
John Diefenbaker's cabinet over what widely debated defense
issue?
5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
6. Who resigned her seat in Hamilton East in 1996, reluctantly
following through on a promise to do so if Parliament passed
the GST?
7. Which future premier resigned from the cabinet of Brian Mulroney
in 1990 after trying to speak to a judge about a case on which
the judge was ruling?
8. Which Minister of Fisheries and Oceans resigned in 1985 owing
to a scandal related to the sale of tainted tuna?
9. Which outspoken Secretary of State resigned in 1968 in the
dying days of the Lester Pearson government, simply because
she refused to serve in a Trudeau cabinet?
10. Which Minister for International Cooperation resigned as an
MP in 2012 after years of criticism of her spending habits?
--
Mark Brader (Douglas R.) Hofstadter's Law:
Toronto "It always takes longer than you expect, even
m...@vex.net when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
May 2, 2015, 2:06:04 PM5/2/15
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> 1. Liechtenstein.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Libreville
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Chisinau; Dodoma
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Baku; Bishkek
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
Mulroney
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
> 5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
> cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
> Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
May 2, 2015, 3:18:39 PM5/2/15
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GIGdnR-PrP31jdjInZ2dnUU7-
LOd...@vex.net:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka; Lilongwe
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa; Funafuti
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
Port Moresby
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
Majuro
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
Tashkent
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
Juba
> 17. Teranqn.
St. George's
> 19. Onuenva.
Manama
> 20. Zbyqbin.
Chisinau
> 21. Znyv.
Bamako
> 22. Ouhgna.
Thimphu
> 23. Dngne.
Doha
> 24. Fnzbn.
Apia
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
Baku
> 27. Lrzra.
Sana'a
> 28. Pbzbebf.
Moroni
> 29. Gnamnavn.
Dodoma
> 31. HX.
London
> 32. HF.
Washington
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
>
> Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
> from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
>
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
LOd...@vex.net:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka; Lilongwe
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
Majuro
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
Tashkent
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
Juba
> 17. Teranqn.
St. George's
> 19. Onuenva.
Manama
> 20. Zbyqbin.
Chisinau
> 21. Znyv.
Bamako
> 22. Ouhgna.
Thimphu
> 23. Dngne.
Doha
> 24. Fnzbn.
Apia
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
Baku
> 27. Lrzra.
Sana'a
> 28. Pbzbebf.
Moroni
> 29. Gnamnavn.
Dodoma
> 31. HX.
London
> 32. HF.
Washington
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
>
> Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
> from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
>
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
Clark; Mulroney
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
May 2, 2015, 3:25:37 PM5/2/15
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
Port Moresby
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
St George's
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
> 13. Znynjv.
Dodoma
> 14. Ohehaqv.
Bujnubura
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
Tashkent
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
Juba
> 17. Teranqn.
> 18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
Moroni
> 19. Onuenva.
Manama
> 20. Zbyqbin.
Chisinau
> 21. Znyv.
Bamako
> 22. Ouhgna.
> 23. Dngne.
Doha
> 24. Fnzbn.
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
Baku
> 26. Tnoba.
Libreville
> 27. Lrzra.
Sana'a
> 28. Pbzbebf.
> 29. Gnamnavn.
Oops! This one has me stumped. It's used to be Dar-es-Salaam, but
apparently they have changed it without telling me. Lilongwe?
> 30. Ghinyh.
Majuro
> 31. HX.
London
> 32. HF.
Washington
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Calvin
May 2, 2015, 4:05:57 PM5/2/15
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On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 3:59:04 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara , Majuro
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
Pass thanks.
cheers,
calvin
Peter Smyth
May 2, 2015, 4:40:02 PM5/2/15
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Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Papua New Guinea.
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
Port Moresby
> 12. Marshall Islands.
Juba
> 13. Malawi.
Lilongwe
> 14. Burundi.
Bujumbura
> 15. Uzbekistan.
Tashkent
> 16. South Sudan.
Majuro
> 17. Grenada.
St Georges
> 18. Solomon Islands.
Honiara
> 19. Bahrain.
Manama
> 20. Moldova.
Chisnau
> 21. Mali.
Bamako
> 22. Bhutan.
Thimphu
> 23. Qatar.
Doha
> 24. Samoa.
Apia
> 25. Azerbaijan.
Baku
> 26. Gabon.
Libreville
> 27. Yemen.
Sanaa
> 28. Comoros.
Moroni
> 29. Tanzania.
Dodoma
> 30. Tuvalu.
Funafuti
> 31. UK.
London
> 32. US.
Washington
Peter Smyth
Pete
May 2, 2015, 6:04:20 PM5/2/15
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Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
Juba
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
Port Moresby
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
> 13. Znynjv.
> 14. Ohehaqv.
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
Tashkent
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
Juba
> 17. Teranqn.
St. George's
Tashkent
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
Juba
> 17. Teranqn.
> 18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
> 19. Onuenva.
Manama
> 20. Zbyqbin.
Chisinau
> 21. Znyv.
Bamako
> 22. Ouhgna.
Thimphu
> 20. Zbyqbin.
Chisinau
> 21. Znyv.
Bamako
> 22. Ouhgna.
> 23. Dngne.
Doha
> 24. Fnzbn.
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
Baku
> 26. Tnoba.
Libreville
> 27. Lrzra.
Sana'a
> 28. Pbzbebf.
> 29. Gnamnavn.
Bujumbura
> 30. Ghinyh.
> 31. HX.
London
> 32. HF.
Washington
>
>
London
> 32. HF.
Washington
>
>
Björn Lundin
May 2, 2015, 7:07:56 PM5/2/15
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> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown;Libreville
> 3. Zambia.
Bishkek;Moroni
> 4. Eritrea.
Bamako; Apia
> 5. Honduras.
Honiara
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga
Port Moresby
> 8. Namibia.
Lusaka;Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Tashkent
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
>
Mulroney
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
>
--
Björn
Marc Dashevsky
May 4, 2015, 2:46:42 AM5/4/15
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In article <GIGdnR-PrP31jdjI...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
Bujumbura; Bamako
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Funafuti; Thimphu
> 8. Namibia.
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
> 13. Znynjv.
> 14. Ohehaqv.
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
> 17. Teranqn.
> 18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
> 19. Onuenva.
> 20. Zbyqbin.
> 21. Znyv.
> 22. Ouhgna.
> 23. Dngne.
> 24. Fnzbn.
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
> 26. Tnoba.
> 27. Lrzra.
> 28. Pbzbebf.
> 29. Gnamnavn.
> 30. Ghinyh.
> 31. HX.
> 32. HF.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
Bujumbura; Bamako
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Cnchn Arj Thvarn.
> 12. Znefunyy Vfynaqf.
> 13. Znynjv.
> 14. Ohehaqv.
> 15. Hmorxvfgna.
> 16. Fbhgu Fhqna.
> 17. Teranqn.
> 18. Fbybzba Vfynaqf.
> 19. Onuenva.
> 20. Zbyqbin.
> 21. Znyv.
> 22. Ouhgna.
> 23. Dngne.
> 24. Fnzbn.
> 25. Nmreonvwna.
> 26. Tnoba.
> 27. Lrzra.
> 28. Pbzbebf.
> 29. Gnamnavn.
> 30. Ghinyh.
> 31. HX.
> 32. HF.
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Dan Tilque
May 4, 2015, 6:28:54 AM5/4/15
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Bujumbura
> 4. Eritrea.
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
Bujumbura
Bamako
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo
> 7. Tonga.
Funafuti
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek
>
swp
May 4, 2015, 7:03:08 PM5/4/15
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On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 1:59:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
>
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
>
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
>
> 1. Liechtenstein.
> 2. Sierra Leone.
freetown
> 3. Zambia.
lusaka
> 4. Eritrea.
asmara
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
> 9. Kosovo.
pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
bishkek
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
>
> Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
> from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
>
> 1. Who resigned as Solicitor-General in 1978 when it became known
> that he had forged his mistress's husband's signature on a
> hospital form so that she could receive an abortion? He returned
> in 1980 as Secretary of State and Minister of Communications.
> 2. Who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008 after
> leaving NATO briefing notes at his girlfriend's home? He, too,
> has made a comeback, as Minister of Small Business & Tourism.
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
> 4. National Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigned in 1963 from
> John Diefenbaker's cabinet over what widely debated defense
> issue?
> 5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
> cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
> Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
> 6. Who resigned her seat in Hamilton East in 1996, reluctantly
> following through on a promise to do so if Parliament passed
> the GST?
> 7. Which future premier resigned from the cabinet of Brian Mulroney
> in 1990 after trying to speak to a judge about a case on which
> the judge was ruling?
> 8. Which Minister of Fisheries and Oceans resigned in 1985 owing
> to a scandal related to the sale of tainted tuna?
> 9. Which outspoken Secretary of State resigned in 1968 in the
> dying days of the Lester Pearson government, simply because
> she refused to serve in a Trudeau cabinet?
> 10. Which Minister for International Cooperation resigned as an
> MP in 2012 after years of criticism of her spending habits?
swp
Rob Parker
May 5, 2015, 9:26:07 AM5/5/15
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> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown
> 3. Zambia.
> 4. Eritrea.
Baku; Juba
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa
> 6. Suriname.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Tashkent; Bishkek
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
> Don't be a quitter!
Rob
Mark Brader
May 5, 2015, 12:04:16 PM5/5/15
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Mark Brader:
Washington just for fun and to make it fit four equal columns.
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter,
Pete, Björn, Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob. 3 for Björn.
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Stephen,
and Rob. 3 for Joshua.
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, and Stephen.
3 for Calvin.
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Pete, Björn,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Stephen, and Rob.
3 for Joshua.
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob. 2 for Björn.
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Björn, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum and Rob.
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
Okay, really 20 decoys.
> 11. Papua New Guinea.
Port Moresby. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 12. Marshall Islands.
Majuro. Joshua got this.
> 13. Malawi.
Lilongwe. Peter and Pete got this.
> 14. Burundi.
Bujumbura. Erland* and Peter got this.
> 15. Uzbekistan.
Tashkent. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 16. South Sudan.
Juba. Joshua, Erland, and Pete got this.
> 17. Grenada.
St. George's. Joshua, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 18. Solomon Islands.
Honiara. Peter got this.
> 19. Bahrain.
Manama. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 20. Moldova.
Chisinau. Joshua, Erland, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 21. Mali.
Bamako. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 22. Bhutan.
Thimphu. Joshua, Erland*, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 23. Qatar.
Doha. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 24. Samoa.
Apia. Joshua, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 25. Azerbaijan.
Baku. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 26. Gabon.
Libreville. Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 27. Yemen.
Sana'a. Joshua, Erland, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 28. Comoros.
Moroni. Joshua, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 29. Tanzania.
Dodoma. Joshua and Peter got this.
> 30. Tuvalu.
Funafuti. Peter got this.
*With a spelling error, despite having the list to copy from.
And of course...
> 31. UK.
London. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 32. US.
Washington. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
> Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
> from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
This was the hardest round in the original game, too. Here, it took
Stephen to make it count for everyone.
> 1. Who resigned as Solicitor-General in 1978 when it became known
> that he had forged his mistress's husband's signature on a
> hospital form so that she could receive an abortion? He returned
> in 1980 as Secretary of State and Minister of Communications.
Francis Fox. 4 for Stephen.
> 2. Who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008 after
> leaving NATO briefing notes at his girlfriend's home? He, too,
> has made a comeback, as Minister of Small Business & Tourism.
Maxime Bernier.
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
John Turner. 3 for Stephen.
> 4. National Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigned in 1963 from
> John Diefenbaker's cabinet over what widely debated defense
> issue?
He wanted nuclear-armed Bomarc missiles and Dief was opposed.
Any reference to the Bomarc or nuclear weapons was sufficient.
4 for Stephen.
> 5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
> cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
> Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
Sir Mackenzie Bowell.
> 6. Who resigned her seat in Hamilton East in 1996, reluctantly
> following through on a promise to do so if Parliament passed
> the GST?
Sheila Copps.
> 7. Which future premier resigned from the cabinet of Brian Mulroney
> in 1990 after trying to speak to a judge about a case on which
> the judge was ruling?
Jean Charest (Quebec).
> 8. Which Minister of Fisheries and Oceans resigned in 1985 owing
> to a scandal related to the sale of tainted tuna?
John Fraser.
> 9. Which outspoken Secretary of State resigned in 1968 in the
> dying days of the Lester Pearson government, simply because
> she refused to serve in a Trudeau cabinet?
Judy LaMarsh.
> 10. Which Minister for International Cooperation resigned as an
> MP in 2012 after years of criticism of her spending habits?
Bev Oda.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Ent Lei Geo Can FOUR
Stephen Perry 40 20 32 32 40 11 144
Peter Smyth 28 24 32 40 40 0 140
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 28 36 32 0 132
Joshua Kreitzer 28 36 24 25 38 0 127
Rob Parker 32 12 0 36 34 0 114
Dan Tilque 28 28 0 28 28 0 112
Dan Blum 32 20 20 24 30 0 106
Erland Sommarskog 11 20 0 32 40 0 103
"Calvin" 14 14 11 40 35 0 103
Pete Gayde 12 16 0 12 32 0 72
Björn Lundin 8 8 0 15 17 0 48
Bruce Bowler 38 8 -- -- -- -- 46
Jason Kreitzer 8 8 -- -- -- -- 16
--
Mark Brader | "Design an idiot-proof system, and the universe
Toronto | will spontaneously evolve a higher grade of idiot
m...@vex.net | that is able to circumvent it."
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
The original handout only had 30 cities; I threw in London and
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - World's Most Obscure Capital Cities
> We'll give you the name of a small country; you pick its capital
> city from the following handout list:
> Apia | Doha | Lusaka | Sana'a
> Asmara | Freetown | Majuro | St. George's
> Baku | Funafuti | Manama | Tashkent
> Bamako | Honiara | Moroni | Tegucigalpa
> Bishkek | Juba | Nuku'alofa | Thimphu
> Bujumbura | Libreville | Paramaribo | Vaduz
> Chisinau | Lilongwe | Port Moresby | Washington
> Dodoma | London | Pristina | Windhoek
Washington just for fun and to make it fit four equal columns.
> 1. Liechtenstein.
Vaduz. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter,
Pete, Björn, Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 2. Sierra Leone.
Freetown. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob. 3 for Björn.
> 3. Zambia.
Lusaka. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Stephen,
and Rob. 3 for Joshua.
> 4. Eritrea.
Asmara. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, and Stephen.
3 for Calvin.
> 5. Honduras.
Tegucigalpa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 6. Suriname.
Paramaribo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Pete, Björn,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 7. Tonga.
Nuku'alofa. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Stephen, and Rob.
3 for Joshua.
> 8. Namibia.
Windhoek. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete,
Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob. 2 for Björn.
> 9. Kosovo.
Pristina. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Björn, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Rob.
> 10. Kyrgyzstan.
Bishkek. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Peter, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum and Rob.
> So there were 22 decoys. Decode the rot13 to see the countries
> and name their capitals if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 11. Papua New Guinea.
Port Moresby. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 12. Marshall Islands.
Majuro. Joshua got this.
> 13. Malawi.
Lilongwe. Peter and Pete got this.
> 14. Burundi.
Bujumbura. Erland* and Peter got this.
> 15. Uzbekistan.
Tashkent. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 16. South Sudan.
Juba. Joshua, Erland, and Pete got this.
> 17. Grenada.
St. George's. Joshua, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 18. Solomon Islands.
Honiara. Peter got this.
> 19. Bahrain.
Manama. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 20. Moldova.
Chisinau. Joshua, Erland, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 21. Mali.
Bamako. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 22. Bhutan.
Thimphu. Joshua, Erland*, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 23. Qatar.
Doha. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 24. Samoa.
Apia. Joshua, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 25. Azerbaijan.
Baku. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 26. Gabon.
Libreville. Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 27. Yemen.
Sana'a. Joshua, Erland, Peter*, and Pete got this.
> 28. Comoros.
Moroni. Joshua, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 29. Tanzania.
Dodoma. Joshua and Peter got this.
> 30. Tuvalu.
Funafuti. Peter got this.
*With a spelling error, despite having the list to copy from.
And of course...
> 31. UK.
London. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> 32. US.
Washington. Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Pete got this.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Canadiana - Federal Cabinet Resignations
> Don't be a quitter! Here's a round on federal cabinet resignations,
> from the recent, mid-range, and distant past.
Stephen to make it count for everyone.
> 1. Who resigned as Solicitor-General in 1978 when it became known
> that he had forged his mistress's husband's signature on a
> hospital form so that she could receive an abortion? He returned
> in 1980 as Secretary of State and Minister of Communications.
> 2. Who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008 after
> leaving NATO briefing notes at his girlfriend's home? He, too,
> has made a comeback, as Minister of Small Business & Tourism.
> 3. Which future prime minister left the cabinet in 1975 in an
> apparent scrap with Pierre Elliott Trudeau over economic
> policies?
> 4. National Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigned in 1963 from
> John Diefenbaker's cabinet over what widely debated defense
> issue?
Any reference to the Bomarc or nuclear weapons was sufficient.
4 for Stephen.
> 5. Which prime minister himself resigned after seven of his unhappy
> cabinet ministers resigned in 1896 -- including Sir Charles
> Tupper, who then succeeded him as PM?
> 6. Who resigned her seat in Hamilton East in 1996, reluctantly
> following through on a promise to do so if Parliament passed
> the GST?
> 7. Which future premier resigned from the cabinet of Brian Mulroney
> in 1990 after trying to speak to a judge about a case on which
> the judge was ruling?
> 8. Which Minister of Fisheries and Oceans resigned in 1985 owing
> to a scandal related to the sale of tainted tuna?
> 9. Which outspoken Secretary of State resigned in 1968 in the
> dying days of the Lester Pearson government, simply because
> she refused to serve in a Trudeau cabinet?
> 10. Which Minister for International Cooperation resigned as an
> MP in 2012 after years of criticism of her spending habits?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Ent Lei Geo Can FOUR
Stephen Perry 40 20 32 32 40 11 144
Peter Smyth 28 24 32 40 40 0 140
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 28 36 32 0 132
Joshua Kreitzer 28 36 24 25 38 0 127
Rob Parker 32 12 0 36 34 0 114
Dan Tilque 28 28 0 28 28 0 112
Dan Blum 32 20 20 24 30 0 106
Erland Sommarskog 11 20 0 32 40 0 103
"Calvin" 14 14 11 40 35 0 103
Pete Gayde 12 16 0 12 32 0 72
Björn Lundin 8 8 0 15 17 0 48
Bruce Bowler 38 8 -- -- -- -- 46
Jason Kreitzer 8 8 -- -- -- -- 16
--
Mark Brader | "Design an idiot-proof system, and the universe
Toronto | will spontaneously evolve a higher grade of idiot
m...@vex.net | that is able to circumvent it."
Erland Sommarskog
May 5, 2015, 5:17:31 PM5/5/15
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> *With a spelling error, despite having the list to copy from.
>
I typed in many of the names without looking at the list.
>
Chance had it, is that I was working with adding some data for a script
where I needed one city per country code, why I had many of the names
fresh. I would not have gotten Suriname and Tahiti without that exercice.
(And I still had to look at the list for those too.)
Still I missed a couple, but I did not memorise all names. And I worked
from Google maps, and I did not necessarily take the biggest city or
the capital. For instance, in Malawi there was not really anything that
stood out. And Tanzania was a big surprise.
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