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RQFTCI07 Game 9 Rounds 4,6: eco-disasters, NHL records
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Mark Brader
Sep 26, 2020, 12:07:46 AM9/26/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
What is it?
2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
in particular?
3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
"disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
the victims exposed to it?
5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
200,000 people. What caused this weather?
Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
What is the name of this disappearing sea?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
*Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
give the answer that was correct in 2007.
1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
score a hat trick in the NHL.
2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
at the age of 44.
3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
American-born player to score 500 goals?
4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
an NHL rookie record.
5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the
most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or
an assist.
7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
player. Who did Numminen surpass?
8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
400 minutes?
9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice
set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a
season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.
10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
--
Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is...
Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't
m...@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
What is it?
2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
in particular?
3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
"disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
the victims exposed to it?
5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
200,000 people. What caused this weather?
Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
What is the name of this disappearing sea?
* Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
*Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
give the answer that was correct in 2007.
1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
score a hat trick in the NHL.
2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
at the age of 44.
3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
American-born player to score 500 goals?
4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
an NHL rookie record.
5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the
most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or
an assist.
7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
player. Who did Numminen surpass?
8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
400 minutes?
9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice
set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a
season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.
10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
--
Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is...
Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't
m...@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Sep 26, 2020, 12:37:55 AM9/26/20
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
acid rain
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
down
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
> came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
> the victims exposed to it?
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
> 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
130 mph
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
> 8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
> a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
> 400 minutes?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Sep 26, 2020, 12:50:43 AM9/26/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:edCdneJqBKoRI_PC...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
volcanic eruption
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
>
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
nuclear winter
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
Mexico; Guatemala
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
oxygen (?)
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
CFCs
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
Aral Sea
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
I'm going to pass on this one.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:edCdneJqBKoRI_PC...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
acid rain
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
>
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 27, 2020, 3:09:11 PM9/27/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
smog
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
melting from Greenland.
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
> E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
> happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
>
> 4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
> 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
> an NHL rookie record.
Ovechkin
> 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
> an NHL rookie record.
> 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
> 7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
> regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
> player. Who did Numminen surpass?
> 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
> 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
Pete Gayde
Sep 27, 2020, 7:23:21 PM9/27/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
Acid rain
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
>
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
>
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
> E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
> happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
>
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
> came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
> the victims exposed to it?
>
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
>
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
>
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
>
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
>
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
>
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
>
> All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
>
> *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
> player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
> give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
> choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
> if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
>
> For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
> give the answer that was correct in 2007.
>
> 1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
> the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
> score a hat trick in the NHL.
>
> 2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
> record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
> at the age of 44.
>
> 3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
> American-born player to score 500 goals?
>
> 4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
> 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
> an NHL rookie record.
>
> 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
>
> 6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
> NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the
> most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or
> an assist.
>
> 7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
> regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
> player. Who did Numminen surpass?
>
> 8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
> a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
> 400 minutes?
>
> 9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice
> set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a
> season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.
>
> 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
> 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
>
Bruce Bowler
Sep 28, 2020, 8:35:27 AM9/28/20
to
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:07:40 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23 companion
> posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is a
> serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings. What
> is it?
Air pollution
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23 companion
> posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and
> Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is a
> serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings. What
> is it?
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe in
> particular?
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with E. coli
> bacteria. What event caused that contamination to happen, and how?
> Be sufficiently detailed.
>
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury came
> from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were the victims
> exposed to it?
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec City
> a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated 200,000
> people. What caused this weather?
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in each
> case only after you have finished with the previous question.
>
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu. Gur
> erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb zhpu qhfg
> jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne jvagre abg
> bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs bgure navzny fcrpvrf
> gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel, naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf
> gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time most of
> it simply reacted with iron and other elements and was consumed that
> way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's living
> things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
>
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say what
> part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone above it,
> or give *any one* of the short names for the families of chemicals
> produced by humans that have caused this effect.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it were
> diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking ever since.
> """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split into at least two
> bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more concentrated, shutting
> down fisheries; and an island that once housed a biological weapons
> lab is now part of the mainland. What is the name of this
> disappearing sea?
>
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
>
> All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
>
> *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
> player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may give
> the answer that was correct in the original game or you may choose to
> answer for the current holder of the same record, *but if you are giving
> the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
>
> For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must give
> the answer that was correct in 2007.
>
Dan Tilque
Sep 29, 2020, 5:17:47 AM9/29/20
to
On 9/25/20 9:07 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
smog
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
>
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
>
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
warmer than it otherwise would be
>
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
> E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
> happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
>
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
> came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
> the victims exposed to it?
>
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
>
> 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp
> qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne?
>
> 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu
> n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu.
> Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb
> zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne
> jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs
> bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel,
> naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be,
> vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)?
>
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
>
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
>
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
>
> All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
>
> *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
> player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
> give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
> choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
> if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
>
> For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
> give the answer that was correct in 2007.
>
> 1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
> the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
> score a hat trick in the NHL.
Mark Brader
Sep 29, 2020, 11:00:45 AM9/29/20
to
Mark Brader:
game, and was tied with a current-events round for third-easiest in
the entire season.
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
Acid rain. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
Global temperature change could destabilize the ocean currents that
Europe is currently warmed by, known as the Gulf Stream, Atlantic
Conveyor, North Atlantic Drift, etc. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete,
Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
When I posted this round previously, someone said it had been found
that Europe is not really warmer for that reason. Even if that's
true, which I doubt, it doesn't affect this question, which was
about the feared possibility.
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
> E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
> happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
Heavy rain washed manure off farmland into the well.
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
> came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
> the victims exposed to it?
By eating seafood (the waste was dumped in the bay). 4 for Dan Blum,
Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
Volcanic dust blocking the sunlight (from the eruption of Tambora
the previous April, but any reference to a volcano was okay).
The disaster was called "The Year Without a Summer". 4 for everyone
-- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
> 6. What dramatic phrase has been used for a similar climatic
> disaster that might be caused by the next world war?
Nuclear winter. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. One day 65,000,000 years ago, the Cretaceous Period ended with
> a bang as a comet or a small asteroid slammed into the Earth.
> The resulting crater was over 100 miles (160 km) wide, and so
> much dust was thrown into the air that a disaster like a nuclear
> winter not only killed off the dinosaurs, but a majority of
> other animal species too. Or that's the prevailing theory,
> anyway. What country contains that crater """today""" (or,
> if applicable, contains the largest part of it)?
Mexico. (Chicxulub Crater, centered near the north tip of the Yucatan
Peninsula; as far as I can tell about 60% of it lies in Mexico and
the rest is under international waters.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
Bruce, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
Oxygen (toxic to anaerobic life-forms). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
The Antarctic (still true; I accepted "South Pole"); freons, halons,
CFCs, BFCs. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
Aral Sea. (It's now in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with the
disconnected northern part entirely in the former.) 4 for everyone.
Here's a series of satellite photos over the period 2000-18, with
the 1960 shoreline drawn as a background:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea/show-all
There is now a dam enabling the northern part to retain the water
that still flows into it, and since it was built that part part has
grown slightly.)
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
> All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
> *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
> player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
> give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
> choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
> if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
> For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
> give the answer that was correct in 2007.
> 1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
> the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
> score a hat trick in the NHL.
Jordan Staal. (Still the record as far as I can tell; he now plays
for Carolina. It's not Sidney Crosby, who got his first NHL hat
trick on 2006-10-28, at age 19 years 82 days.)
> 2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
> record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
> at the age of 44.
Chris Chelios. (He still holds that record as far as I can tell;
after his last season, in 2009-10 with the Atlanta Thrashers, he
had played 1,651 regular-season games.) 4 for Pete.
> 3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
> American-born player to score 500 goals?
Mike Modano. (Joe Mullen was the first. Modano's last season was
2010-11, then playing for Detroit.) 4 for Pete.
> 4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
> 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
> an NHL rookie record.
Alexander Ovechkin. (Still true, still playing.) 4 for Erland
and Pete.
> 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
2007 answer: 106.6 mph (accepting 102.6 - 110.6 mph or 165.1 -
178.0 km/h). 2020 answer: In the NHL All-Star skills competition
in 2012, Zdeno Chara hit a 108.8 mph slapshot (accepting 104.8 -
112.8 mph or 168.6 - 181.6 km/h). 3 for Pete.
I understand that these speeds are measured after the puck has
traveled 15 feet. Presumably this keeps the speed of the stick
from interfering with the radar reading, but it also means that the
actual speed of the puck leaving the stick is even higher.
> 6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
> NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the
> most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or
> an assist.
Paul Stastny. (Teemu Selanne's old record was 17 games; Stastny's
streak had reached 20 games when this round was prepared, and
ended there. It's still the record. He now plays for Vegas.)
> 7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
> regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
> player. Who did Numminen surpass?
Jari Kurri. (His old record was 1,251 games; Numminen had played
1,372 when he retired in 2009.)
Two entrants guessed Borje Salming, who played only 1,148 games.
> 8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
> a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
> 400 minutes?
2007 answer: 4,554 minutes 33 seconds (accepting 4,154-4,955 minutes).
But less than 3 weeks after the original game, the 2006-07 season
was over and Brodeur had set a new record that still stands. So, the
2020 answer; 4,696 minutes 33 seconds (accepting 4,296-5,097 minutes).
The new record is equivalent to 78.3 complete non-overtime games.
> 9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice
> set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a
> season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.
Roberto Luongo. (Still true. He later returned to Florida and
played his last season in 2018-19.)
For the pre-expansion era, the NHL web site only tracks this record
for players who debuted no earlier than 1955-56. Lorne "Gump"
Worsley, then with New York, set this record that same season and
it still stands: 2,574 shots faced.
> 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
> 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
Joe Sakic. (His last season was 2008-09. He finished with 625
goals and 1,016 assists.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> L+E His Sci Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 27 0 99
Dan Blum 28 34 36 0 98
Pete Gayde 16 36 24 15 91
Dan Tilque 16 36 32 0 84
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 24 4 36
Bruce Bowler -- -- 28 0 28
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the science round. It was the easiest round in the original
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
game, and was tied with a current-events round for third-easiest in
the entire season.
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future
> 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
> first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
> a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
> America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
> What is it?
> 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
> will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
> in particular?
Europe is currently warmed by, known as the Gulf Stream, Atlantic
Conveyor, North Atlantic Drift, etc. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete,
Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
When I posted this round previously, someone said it had been found
that Europe is not really warmer for that reason. Even if that's
true, which I doubt, it doesn't affect this question, which was
about the feared possibility.
> 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
> of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
> criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
> until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
> E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to
> happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed.
> 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a
> "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury
> came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were
> the victims exposed to it?
Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
> Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
> City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
> In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated
> 200,000 people. What caused this weather?
the previous April, but any reference to a volcano was okay).
The disaster was called "The Year Without a Summer". 4 for everyone
-- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in
> each case only after you have finished with the previous question.
> disaster that might be caused by the next world war?
Nuclear winter. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. One day 65,000,000 years ago, the Cretaceous Period ended with
> a bang as a comet or a small asteroid slammed into the Earth.
> The resulting crater was over 100 miles (160 km) wide, and so
> much dust was thrown into the air that a disaster like a nuclear
> winter not only killed off the dinosaurs, but a majority of
> other animal species too. Or that's the prevailing theory,
> anyway. What country contains that crater """today""" (or,
> if applicable, contains the largest part of it)?
Mexico. (Chicxulub Crater, centered near the north tip of the Yucatan
Peninsula; as far as I can tell about 60% of it lies in Mexico and
the rest is under international waters.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
Bruce, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
> It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
> began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
> most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and
> was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago,
> it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's
> living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms.
> But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance?
Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
> be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say
> what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone
> above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families
> of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect.
CFCs, BFCs. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
> sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it
> were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking
> ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split
> into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more
> concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once
> housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland.
> What is the name of this disappearing sea?
disconnected northern part entirely in the former.) 4 for everyone.
Here's a series of satellite photos over the period 2000-18, with
the 1960 shoreline drawn as a background:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea/show-all
There is now a dam enabling the northern part to retain the water
that still flows into it, and since it was built that part part has
grown slightly.)
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones
> All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given.
> *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the
> player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may
> give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may
> choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but
> if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*.
> For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must
> give the answer that was correct in 2007.
> 1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became
> the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever
> score a hat trick in the NHL.
for Carolina. It's not Sidney Crosby, who got his first NHL hat
trick on 2006-10-28, at age 19 years 82 days.)
> 2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
> record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
> at the age of 44.
after his last season, in 2009-10 with the Atlanta Thrashers, he
had played 1,651 regular-season games.) 4 for Pete.
> 3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
> American-born player to score 500 goals?
2010-11, then playing for Detroit.) 4 for Pete.
> 4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
> 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting
> an NHL rookie record.
and Pete.
> 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
> on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
> What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph?
178.0 km/h). 2020 answer: In the NHL All-Star skills competition
in 2012, Zdeno Chara hit a 108.8 mph slapshot (accepting 104.8 -
112.8 mph or 168.6 - 181.6 km/h). 3 for Pete.
I understand that these speeds are measured after the puck has
traveled 15 feet. Presumably this keeps the speed of the stick
from interfering with the radar reading, but it also means that the
actual speed of the puck leaving the stick is even higher.
> 6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
> NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the
> most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or
> an assist.
streak had reached 20 games when this round was prepared, and
ended there. It's still the record. He now plays for Vegas.)
> 7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
> regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
> player. Who did Numminen surpass?
1,372 when he retired in 2009.)
Two entrants guessed Borje Salming, who played only 1,148 games.
> 8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
> a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
> 400 minutes?
But less than 3 weeks after the original game, the 2006-07 season
was over and Brodeur had set a new record that still stands. So, the
2020 answer; 4,696 minutes 33 seconds (accepting 4,296-5,097 minutes).
The new record is equivalent to 78.3 complete non-overtime games.
> 9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice
> set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a
> season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.
played his last season in 2018-19.)
For the pre-expansion era, the NHL web site only tracks this record
for players who debuted no earlier than 1955-56. Lorne "Gump"
Worsley, then with New York, set this record that same season and
it still stands: 2,574 shots faced.
> 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his
> 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists?
goals and 1,016 assists.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> L+E His Sci Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 27 0 99
Dan Blum 28 34 36 0 98
Pete Gayde 16 36 24 15 91
Dan Tilque 16 36 32 0 84
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 24 4 36
Bruce Bowler -- -- 28 0 28
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Mark Brader | "... [A]toms and universes are the same. All the
Toronto | world is recursive, and that's why we never
m...@vex.net | know where to begin." -- Charles Goldfarb
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