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Mark Brader
Oct 24, 2020, 4:35:30 PM10/24/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
** Final, Round 7 - History
* Abolitionists
"""Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
prominent abolitionists.
1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
to slavery?
2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
* Renamings
4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
language.
5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
Give either of its two previous names.
6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
* """Recent""" Iranian History
7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
up and the hostage crisis started.
8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
from 1957 until <answer 7>?
9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
* English Civil War
10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
Sir Thomas Fairfax?
11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
* 19th-Century Firsts
13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
what?
14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
By the way, New York had a big win.
15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
** Final, Round 8 - Sports
* NBA Nicknames
We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
real name.
1. "The Dream".
2. "The Mailman".
3. "The Worm".
* Sports Scoring
Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
should be written in place of the question mark?
6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
team names.)
* Tennis Terms
7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
the game?
8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
receiving player?
* City by Star Athletes
Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
"Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
*Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
the same sity.
10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
* A Year in the Life
13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
in the WHA.
14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
name in the CFL.
15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
under that name in the American League.
--
Mark Brader | "This was the ancient Greek equivalent
Toronto | of 'citation needed'."
m...@vex.net | --Matt Parker
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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
** Final, Round 7 - History
* Abolitionists
"""Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
prominent abolitionists.
1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
to slavery?
2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
* Renamings
4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
language.
5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
Give either of its two previous names.
6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
* """Recent""" Iranian History
7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
up and the hostage crisis started.
8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
from 1957 until <answer 7>?
9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
* English Civil War
10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
Sir Thomas Fairfax?
11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
* 19th-Century Firsts
13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
what?
14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
By the way, New York had a big win.
15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
** Final, Round 8 - Sports
* NBA Nicknames
We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
real name.
1. "The Dream".
2. "The Mailman".
3. "The Worm".
* Sports Scoring
Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
should be written in place of the question mark?
6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
team names.)
* Tennis Terms
7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
the game?
8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
receiving player?
* City by Star Athletes
Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
"Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
*Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
the same sity.
10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
* A Year in the Life
13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
in the WHA.
14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
name in the CFL.
15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
under that name in the American League.
--
Mark Brader | "This was the ancient Greek equivalent
Toronto | of 'citation needed'."
m...@vex.net | --Matt Parker
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 24, 2020, 6:01:56 PM10/24/20
to
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
Kiribati
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at
<http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
18
>
> Please refer to the handout at
<http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
New York
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 24, 2020, 11:33:13 PM10/24/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:tOCdnchaP6yWDQnC...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
Nat Turner
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
Kiritimati; Kiribati
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
Stalingrad
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
Canadian Conservative Alliance Party
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
>
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
1979
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
SAVAK
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
Rouhani
> * English Civil War
>
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
New Model Army
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
1648
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
Long Parliament
> * 19th-Century Firsts
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
postage stamps
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * NBA Nicknames
>
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
>
> 1. "The Dream".
Hakeem Olajuwon
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
service break
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
deuce
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
ace
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
>
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
Atlanta
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
Dallas
> * A Year in the Life
>
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
1975; 1976
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
1950; 1951
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
1904
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:tOCdnchaP6yWDQnC...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
>
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
> * English Civil War
>
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
> * 19th-Century Firsts
>
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
baseball
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * NBA Nicknames
>
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
>
> 1. "The Dream".
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
40
> should be written in place of the question mark?
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
>
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
>
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
Boston
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
>
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
> * A Year in the Life
>
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Oct 24, 2020, 11:33:13 PM10/24/20
to
On 10/24/20 1:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
Tubman
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
>
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
>
>
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
>
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
>
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
>
>
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
>
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
>
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
>
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
>
>
> * English Civil War
>
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
>
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
>
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
>
>
> * 19th-Century Firsts
>
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
>
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
>
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * NBA Nicknames
>
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
>
> 1. "The Dream".
Hakeem Olajuwon
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman
>
>
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman
>
>
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
75
>
> Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
>
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
>
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
>
>
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
>
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
>
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
>
>
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
>
> However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
>
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
>
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
>
>
> * A Year in the Life
>
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
>
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
>
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Blum
Oct 25, 2020, 12:24:59 AM10/25/20
to
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
> * Renamings
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
> * English Civil War
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
> * 19th-Century Firsts
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
> * NBA Nicknames
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman
> * Sports Scoring
Dennis Rodman
> * Sports Scoring
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
25
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
> * City by Star Athletes
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
Boston
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
> * A Year in the Life
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
1895
> under that name in the American League.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Bruce Bowler
Oct 26, 2020, 8:26:30 AM10/26/20
to
On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:35:23 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
> 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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of
> slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with prominent
> abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning the
> nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy for the
> Union forces during the US Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
> 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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of
> slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with prominent
> abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning the
> nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy for the
> Union forces during the US Civil War.
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its name
> when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country. Give the
> present name of *either* the island or the country. Both names are
> simply the old names as rendered in the local language.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
>
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a shorter
> name, but its full name at the time was four words, alluding both to
> its previous incarnation and to its ambitions to absorb the
> Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
>
>
>
> * 19th-Century Firsts
>
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
cable
>
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York played
> the first game on record of what newly organized sport? By the way,
> New York had a big win.
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things to show
> the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * NBA Nicknames
>
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his real
> name.
>
> 1. "The Dream".
> 2. "The Mailman".
Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Rodman
> 3. "The Worm".
>
>
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score for
> the two arrows shown in the left picture?
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the team names.)
>
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
>
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell us the
> city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask "Mats
> Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
>
> However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
>
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless all
> three players in a question were subsequently again based in the same
> sity.
>
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
>
Mark Brader
Oct 27, 2020, 5:25:16 PM10/27/20
to
Mark Brader:
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
> * Abolitionists
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
William Wilberforce.
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
Harriet Tubman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
Nat Turner. 4 for Joshua.
> * Renamings
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
Kiritimati, Kiribati. [The ending "-ati" is pronounced "-ass".]
4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua (the hard way), Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
Tsaritsyn and (as mentioned in the answers to Game 9) Stalingrad.
4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance.
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
1979. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
SAVAK. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
Mohammad Khatami. 4 for Erland.
> * English Civil War
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
New Model Army. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
1649. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
The Long Parliament. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> * 19th-Century Firsts
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
Telegraph cable (either word was sufficient). 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
Baseball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
The score was 23-1 (under the original rules, written by the
Knickerbockers' leader Alexander Cartwright, the game ran until
one team had 21 aces and each team had completed an equal number
of hands).
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
Postage stamps. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
Then: http://www.alphabetilately.org/Fisfor/firsts-penny-black.jpg
(Each stamp on a sheet was printed with a different pair of letters
in the bottom corners.)
Now: http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/images/gb/2020/2020_11089_l.jpg
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
> * NBA Nicknames
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
> 1. "The Dream".
Hakeem Olajuwon. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> * Sports Scoring
> Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
19. 2 for Bruce.
It's 10 for the two inner yellow rings, then 9 for the outermost
yellow ring, 8 for the inner red ring... on down to 1 for the outer
white ring.
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
40. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
That's 20 carried forward + 10 for completing the spare + 10 for
the next ball as a bonus for the spare.
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
Yellow 4, Red 3.
If this game was on TV, you'd see a scoreboard reading like this:
R: 0 3 0 0 3
Y: 1 0 1 2 4
But that format like a baseball linescore is slightly more expensive
since it needs more markers. On the club scoreboard, each digit
marker shows *during which end* the team reached the score shown in
the SCORE row. For example, Yellow's 2 points in the 4th end brought
their score up to 4. Since at most one team can score in an end,
this design means that at most one marker is required for each end
in the game.
> * Tennis Terms
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
A (service) break. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Bruce.
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
Deuce. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
Ace. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> * City by Star Athletes
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
> However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
There were no such cases.
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
Boston (NBA, NHL, AL respectively). (True until Savard retired
in 2011.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
Atlanta (NHL, NL, NFL). (True until Vick was suspended in 2007.)
4 for Joshua and Bruce.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
Dallas (NFL, NHL, NBA). (True until Turco went to Chicago in 2010.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> * A Year in the Life
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
1973-76. 4 for Joshua (the hard way).
The team played 1972-81, initially as the Ottawa Nationals, then
the Toronto Toros, then the Birmingham Bulls. They moved to the
CHL when the WHA folded in 1979, but folded in mid-season in 1981.
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
1982-85.
The team played 1946-86, being known as the Montreal Alouettes the
rest of the time -- no relation, except in the imagination of CFL
management, to the present team of that name.
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
1903-12. 4 for Joshua.
The team has played since 1901, originally as the Baltimore Orioles
-- no relation to the present AL team of that name -- and since 1913
as the New York Yankees.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Can His Spo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 52 56 27 19 40 48 196
Dan Tilque -- -- 44 16 40 36 136
Dan Blum 26 42 28 19 39 12 135
Bruce Bowler -- -- 44 16 20 33 113
Erland Sommarskog 4 44 31 0 16 8 99
Pete Gayde 6 43 15 4 -- -- 68
--
Mark Brader "The past keeps getting cooler!
Toronto (And there's more of it every day!)"
m...@vex.net --Randall Munroe
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
> 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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
I wrote questions #4-6 in Round 7 and #13-15 in each round.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
> * Abolitionists
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
> * Renamings
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua (the hard way), Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
> * English Civil War
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
> * 19th-Century Firsts
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
The score was 23-1 (under the original rules, written by the
Knickerbockers' leader Alexander Cartwright, the game ran until
one team had 21 aces and each team had completed an equal number
of hands).
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
Then: http://www.alphabetilately.org/Fisfor/firsts-penny-black.jpg
(Each stamp on a sheet was printed with a different pair of letters
in the bottom corners.)
Now: http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/images/gb/2020/2020_11089_l.jpg
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
> * NBA Nicknames
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
> 1. "The Dream".
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 3. "The Worm".
Dennis Rodman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> * Sports Scoring
> Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
It's 10 for the two inner yellow rings, then 9 for the outermost
yellow ring, 8 for the inner red ring... on down to 1 for the outer
white ring.
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
That's 20 carried forward + 10 for completing the spare + 10 for
the next ball as a bonus for the spare.
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
If this game was on TV, you'd see a scoreboard reading like this:
R: 0 3 0 0 3
Y: 1 0 1 2 4
But that format like a baseball linescore is slightly more expensive
since it needs more markers. On the club scoreboard, each digit
marker shows *during which end* the team reached the score shown in
the SCORE row. For example, Yellow's 2 points in the 4th end brought
their score up to 4. Since at most one team can score in an end,
this design means that at most one marker is required for each end
in the game.
> * Tennis Terms
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
3 for Bruce.
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
> * City by Star Athletes
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
> However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
in 2011.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
4 for Joshua and Bruce.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> * A Year in the Life
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
The team played 1972-81, initially as the Ottawa Nationals, then
the Toronto Toros, then the Birmingham Bulls. They moved to the
CHL when the WHA folded in 1979, but folded in mid-season in 1981.
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
The team played 1946-86, being known as the Montreal Alouettes the
rest of the time -- no relation, except in the imagination of CFL
management, to the present team of that name.
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
The team has played since 1901, originally as the Baltimore Orioles
-- no relation to the present AL team of that name -- and since 1913
as the New York Yankees.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Can His Spo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 52 56 27 19 40 48 196
Dan Tilque -- -- 44 16 40 36 136
Dan Blum 26 42 28 19 39 12 135
Bruce Bowler -- -- 44 16 20 33 113
Erland Sommarskog 4 44 31 0 16 8 99
Pete Gayde 6 43 15 4 -- -- 68
--
Mark Brader "The past keeps getting cooler!
Toronto (And there's more of it every day!)"
m...@vex.net --Randall Munroe
Pete Gayde
Oct 27, 2020, 7:16:06 PM10/27/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02,
> 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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
> 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 two triples in Round 7 and one triple in Round 8.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 7 - History
>
> * Abolitionists
>
> """Last month""" marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition
> of slavery in the British Empire. These questions deal with
> prominent abolitionists.
>
> 1. Who was the British MP who led the parliamentary opposition
> to slavery?
>
> 2. Born Araminta Ross, this escaped slave helped hundreds of
> people attain freedom via the "Underground Railway", earning
> the nickname "Moses of her people". She also served as a spy
> for the Union forces during the US Civil War.
>
> 3. This slave from Virginia led an 1831 rebellion in which
> over 50 whites were killed. He was the subject of a 1968
> Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by William Styron.
>
>
> * Renamings
>
> 4. There is still a Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, but
> Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean changed the form of its
> name when the Gilbert Islands became an independent country.
> Give the present name of *either* the island or the country.
> Both names are simply the old names as rendered in the local
> language.
>
> 5. In Russia today is a city on the Volga, called Volgograd.
> Give either of its two previous names.
>
> 6. In 2000, the political party then led by Stockwell Day finished
> second in the federal election. It was usually called by a
> shorter name, but its full name at the time was four words,
> alluding both to its previous incarnation and to its ambitions
> to absorb the Progressive Conservatives. Give that full name.
>
>
> * """Recent""" Iranian History
>
> 7. In what year did Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini return to Iran
> from exile? Later the same year the Islamic regime was set
> up and the hostage crisis started.
>
> 8. What was the name -- acronym, actually -- of the domestic
> security and intelligence service of Iran under the Shah,
> from 1957 until <answer 7>?
>
> 9. Who preceded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran?
>
>
> * English Civil War
>
> 10. What was the name of the parliamentary army, established in
> 1645, composed of professional soldiers and initially led by
> Sir Thomas Fairfax?
>
> 11. In what year was King Charles I beheaded?
>
> 12. What name was given to the English Parliament that sat from
> 1640-11-03 until 1660-03-16?
>
>
> * 19th-Century Firsts
>
> 13. It only lasted for a matter of weeks, but on 1858-08-05, the
> company started by Cyrus Field completed the first transatlantic
> what?
>
> 14. It was based on existing sports, but on 1846-06-19, at the
> Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the Knickerbockers and New York
> played the first game on record of what newly organized sport?
> By the way, New York had a big win.
>
> 15. On 1840-05-06, the UK became the first country to issue what?
> As nobody else was doing it, there was no need for the things
> to show the name of the country, and British ones still don't.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Sports
>
> * NBA Nicknames
>
> We will give you a retired NBA star's nickname. You give us his
> real name.
>
> 1. "The Dream".
> 2. "The Mailman".
Karl Malone
> 3. "The Worm".
Rodman
>
>
> * Sports Scoring
>
> Please refer to the handout at
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
70; 150
>
> Please refer to the handout at
> <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/scoring.png>.
>
> 4. The pictures in A represent Olympic archery targets; the
> right-hand one is for reference only. What is the total score
> for the two arrows shown in the left picture?
>
> 5. Picture B represents a 10-pin bowling score sheet. What score
> should be written in place of the question mark?
>
> 6. Picture C represents a curling club scoreboard. What is the
> current score? (Use "Red" and "Yellow" to represent the
> team names.)
>
>
> * Tennis Terms
>
> 7. What is said to occur if the non-serving player ends up winning
> the game?
>
> 8. What term refers to the situation where the score is tied at
> 40-40 and neither player has the advantage?
>
> 9. What name is given to a legal serve that is not touched by the
> receiving player?
>
>
> * City by Star Athletes
>
> Given the names of three athletes in different pro sports, tell
> us the city in which each trio """is""" based. For example if we ask
> "Mats Sundin, Vernon Wells, Chris Bosh", the answer """is""" Toronto.
>
> However, the answers in this triple are all American cities.
>
> *Note*: You must give the answer that were correct in 2007 unless
> all three players in a question were subsequently again based in
> the same sity.
>
> 10. Paul Pierce, Marc Savard, David Ortiz.
> 11. Ilya Kovalchuk, Chipper Jones, Michael Vick.
> 12. Tony Romo, Marty Turco, Dirk Nowitzki.
>
>
> * A Year in the Life
>
> 13. Name any year when the Toronto Toros played under that name
> in the WHA.
>
> 14. Name any year when the Montreal Concordes played under that
> name in the CFL.
>
> 15. Name any year when the New York Highlanders played baseball
> under that name in the American League.
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
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If Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have received
24 points on Round 7 and 32 on Round 8.
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24 points on Round 7 and 32 on Round 8.
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