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Mark Brader
Apr 10, 2015, 12:45:04 PM4/10/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
he has sent on his part-time homeland.
1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
independence?
3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
ever since. Name him.
6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
in Cambodia?
10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
* Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
B. Science: Ornithologists
B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
"Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
is he better known by?
C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
"Toronto Maple Leafs".
C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
what is the third?
C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
What is the third?
D. Literature: Poetic Birds
D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
E. History: Historic Birds
E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
America?
E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
of birds migrating through it?
F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
--
Mark Brader | "The problem with waiting for a 'smoking gun' is
Toronto | that it means the gun has already been fired."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Chance
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
he has sent on his part-time homeland.
1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
independence?
3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
ever since. Name him.
6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
in Cambodia?
10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
* Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
B. Science: Ornithologists
B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
"Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
is he better known by?
C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
"Toronto Maple Leafs".
C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
what is the third?
C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
What is the third?
D. Literature: Poetic Birds
D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
E. History: Historic Birds
E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
America?
E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
of birds migrating through it?
F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
--
Mark Brader | "The problem with waiting for a 'smoking gun' is
Toronto | that it means the gun has already been fired."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Chance
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 10, 2015, 2:13:59 PM4/10/15
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> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phomn Penh
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
Birdman
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
bbowler
Apr 10, 2015, 2:47:31 PM4/10/15
to
On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:45:03 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or
> edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23 companion
> posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain, Barrie, is
> living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round he has sent on his
> part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom pen
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or
> edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23 companion
> posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain, Barrie, is
> living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round he has sent on his
> part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power ever
> since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known international
> figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va gur
> jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl znqr vg
> nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
>
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname is
> he better known by?
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks; what is
> the third?
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them. What
> is the third?
>
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Peter Smyth
Apr 10, 2015, 3:59:58 PM4/10/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
France
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
Khymer Rouge
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
Russia
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
Angkor Wat
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Angkor Wat is the largest religious building in
> the world. It is a Buddhist temple, but the builders originally
> made it as a temple for what religion?
Hinduism
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
Textiles
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
Big Bear
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
Bill Oddie
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
>
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
>
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after
> birds: The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of
> them. What is the third?
>
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
Coleridge
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
>
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
>
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after
> birds: The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of
> them. What is the third?
>
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
>
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
Peter Smyth
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
>
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
Marc Dashevsky
Apr 10, 2015, 4:14:25 PM4/10/15
to
In article <BYydnWQyxfuSY7rI...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
France
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
Khmer Rouge
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
Vietnam
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
Sihanouk
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
Angkor Wat
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
Hindu
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
Mekong
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
Roger Tory Peterson
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
Birdman of Alcatraz
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
New Orleans Pelicans (changed their name from Hornets two years ago)
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
St. Louis Cardinals
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
Coleridge
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
passenger pigeon
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
--
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> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
--
swp
Apr 10, 2015, 6:50:44 PM4/10/15
to
On Friday, April 10, 2015 at 12:45:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
...
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
france
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
khmer rouge
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
vietnam
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
hun sen
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
norodom
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
that big buddhist temple
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
fishing
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
mekong
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
radar
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
oscar the grouch
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
stokes
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
the birdman of alcatraz
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
new orleans pelicans
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
saint louis cardinals
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
samuel coleridge taylor
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
keats
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
passenger pigeon
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
mary ; alice
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
was this featured in the steve martin movie, 'the big year'?
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
thunder bay ; lake ontario
swp
...
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
phnom penh
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Angkor Wat is the largest religious building in
> the world. It is a Buddhist temple, but the builders originally
> made it as a temple for what religion?
hindu?
> the world. It is a Buddhist temple, but the builders originally
> made it as a temple for what religion?
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
swp
Pete
Apr 10, 2015, 7:04:43 PM4/10/15
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:BYydnWQyxfuSY7rInZ2dnUU7-
eed...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
>
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
France
>
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
Khmer Rouge
>
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
Vietnam
>
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
Suharto
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
Angkor Wat
>
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
Confucianism
>
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
Tourism
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
Mekong
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
The Count
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
Audobon
>
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
Birdman of Alcatraz
>
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
New Orleans Pelicans
>
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after
birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
St Louis Cardinals
>
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
Tennyson
>
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
Keats
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
Passenger Pigeon
>
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
Point Pelee
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
Lake Ontario
>
Pete
eed...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of MI5, and are used here by
> permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
>
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
>
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
>
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
>
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
>
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
>
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
>
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
>
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
>
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
>
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after
birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
>
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
>
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
>
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
>
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
>
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
>
Pete
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 11, 2015, 12:47:12 AM4/11/15
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:BYydnWQyxfuSY7rI...@vex.net:
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
Oscar the Grouch
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after
> birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Björn Lundin
Apr 11, 2015, 6:17:55 AM4/11/15
to
On 2015-04-10 18:45, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
khnom-pen
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
>
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
>
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
>
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
>
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
Hinduism?
>
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
>
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
--
Björn
Calvin
Apr 12, 2015, 4:00:07 PM4/12/15
to
On Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 2:45:04 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
>
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
>
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
>
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
>
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Natxbe Jng vf gur ynetrfg eryvtvbhf ohvyqvat va
> gur jbeyq. Vg vf n Ohqquvfg grzcyr, ohg gur ohvyqref bevtvanyyl
> znqr vg nf n grzcyr sbe jung eryvtvba?
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
>
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
>
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
> B. Science: Ornithologists
>
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
>
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
>
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
>
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
> E. History: Historic Birds
>
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
>
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
>
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
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Mark Brader:
won again! Congratulations, eh?
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
Phnom Penh. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua,
and Calvin. 3 for Erland and Björn.
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
France. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Stephen,
Pete, Joshua, Björn, and Calvin.
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
Khmer Rouge. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
Vietnam. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Björn.
3 for Calvin.
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
Hun Sen. 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Joshua.
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
Norodom Sihanouk. "Sihanouk" was required. 4 for Erland, Marc,
and Joshua.
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
Angkor Wat. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Pete, Joshua, Björn,
and Calvin.
See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/k/kh.gif
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
2 for Calvin.
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
Textiles/clothing. 4 for Peter.
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
Mekong. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Björn.
3 for Calvin.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
Radar. 4 for Stephen.
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
Oscar the Grouch. 4 for Bruce, Stephen, and Joshua.
> B. Science: Ornithologists
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
Roger Tory Peterson. 4 for Marc.
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
Birdman of Alcatraz. Both key words were required. 4 for Bruce,
Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
New Orleans Pelicans. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Pete, and Joshua.
The Toronto Raptors were named the year the movie "Jurassic Park"
came out, after a type of dinosaur featured in it, and not after
the modern raptor birds such as hawks and eagles. But not only is
the word the same, some say that dinosaurs should be classified as
birds in any case.
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
St. Louis Cardinals. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua,
and Calvin.
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 4 for Bruce, Peter, Marc, Joshua,
and Calvin. 3 for Stephen.
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
John Keats. 4 for Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> E. History: Historic Birds
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). 4 for Bruce, Marc,
Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
Yes, a form of this question was also used by the Cellar Rats in
Game 10 of their most recent season, originally played 2014-03-31
and posted here 2014-07-29. As I said then, for more on these birds
see e.g. http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
Martha. 4 for Bruce and Joshua.
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
Point Pelee. 4 for Pete.
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
Bay of Fundy.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis Ent Sci Lit His Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 16 28 40 40 40 28 31 219
Joshua Kreitzer 40 3 40 32 19 32 36 32 212
Marc Dashevsky 40 0 24 16 40 16 32 24 176
Bruce Bowler 40 0 -- -- 40 12 24 28 144
Dan Blum 32 0 26 24 40 20 -- -- 142
"Calvin" 12 0 23 16 25 20 24 20 128
Peter Smyth 28 8 8 16 40 4 24 4 124
Pete Gayde 32 8 18 12 -- -- 24 24 118
Erland Sommarskog 20 8 -- -- 24 0 35 0 87
Björn Lundin 8 8 8 0 20 4 27 0 75
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Good Lord, it's not a locomotive.
m...@vex.net | --Tony Cooper
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 4 is over, and this one was a squeaker. But Stephen Perry has
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
won again! Congratulations, eh?
> * Game 4, Round 9 - History - Cambodia
> We've had Canadiana; now let's do Cambodiana. MI5's captain,
> Barrie, is living in Cambodia for a few seasons. Here's a round
> he has sent on his part-time homeland.
> 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
and Calvin. 3 for Erland and Björn.
> 2. What country was the colonial power in Cambodia before
> independence?
Pete, Joshua, Björn, and Calvin.
> 3. In 1975, a brutal regime of revolutionaries who had studied
> in <answer 2> took charge in Cambodia and proceeded to murder
> 2,000,000 citizens in 4 years. What were they called?
> 4. Which country invaded in 1979 to throw the <answer 3> out?
3 for Calvin.
> 5. <answer 4> installed their own puppet prime minister, who --
> thanks to regular but very dubious elections -- been in power
> ever since. Name him.
> 6. Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. The current King Sihamony
> is rather a nonentity, but his father was a well-known
> international figure, and reigned, though not continuously,
> from the 1950s until 2004. He died in 2012. Who was he?
and Joshua.
> 7. The Cambodian flag is primarily blue and red, and is the only one
> in the world with a historic monument on it. What monument?
and Calvin.
See: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/k/kh.gif
> 8. Please finish the previous question before decoding the rot13
> for this one. Angkor Wat is the largest religious building in
> the world. It is a Buddhist temple, but the builders originally
> made it as a temple for what religion?
Hinduism. 4 for Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Björn.
> the world. It is a Buddhist temple, but the builders originally
> made it as a temple for what religion?
2 for Calvin.
> 9. After agriculture, what industry is the next-largest employer
> in Cambodia?
> 10. What is the giant river that flows through Cambodia? <Answer 1>
> is located where it meets the Tonle Sap River.
3 for Calvin.
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round for the Birds
> A. Entertainment: Sesame Street
> A1. What is the name of Big Bird's *teddy bear*?
> A2. Caroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird for 45 years,
> also inhabits another Muppet. Which one?
> B. Science: Ornithologists
> B1. Who invented the modern field guide, including the iconic
> "Field Guide to the Birds of North America"?
> B2. Robert Stroud was a notorious American criminal who became
> a respected ornithologist while incarcerated. What nickname
> is he better known by?
Marc, Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> C. Sports: Teams Named after Birds
> In these questions you must give the city and the team name, like
> "Toronto Maple Leafs".
> C1. If you count the Toronto Raptors, three teams in the NBA
> are named after birds. Another one is the Atlanta Hawks;
> what is the third?
The Toronto Raptors were named the year the movie "Jurassic Park"
came out, after a type of dinosaur featured in it, and not after
the modern raptor birds such as hawks and eagles. But not only is
the word the same, some say that dinosaurs should be classified as
birds in any case.
> C2. Three Major League Baseball teams are likewise named after birds:
> The Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles are two of them.
> What is the third?
and Calvin.
> D. Literature: Poetic Birds
> D1. Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", in which a
> mariner is cursed because he killed an albatross?
and Calvin. 3 for Stephen.
> D2. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?
> E. History: Historic Birds
> E1. What now-extinct bird was once the most abundant in North
> America?
Stephen, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
Yes, a form of this question was also used by the Cellar Rats in
Game 10 of their most recent season, originally played 2014-03-31
and posted here 2014-07-29. As I said then, for more on these birds
see e.g. http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm
> E2. What was the name of the last known living <answer E1>?
> She died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo.
> F. Canadiana: Birdwatching
> F1. What national park located in Essex County, Ontario, is a
> mecca for birdwatchers due to the sheer numbers and varieties
> of birds migrating through it?
> F2. Sackville Waterfowl Park consists of 48 acres (20 hectares)
> of shallow fresh-water wetland and has more than 160 bird
> species. What body of water is it located at the head of?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis Ent Sci Lit His Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 16 28 40 40 40 28 31 219
Joshua Kreitzer 40 3 40 32 19 32 36 32 212
Marc Dashevsky 40 0 24 16 40 16 32 24 176
Bruce Bowler 40 0 -- -- 40 12 24 28 144
Dan Blum 32 0 26 24 40 20 -- -- 142
"Calvin" 12 0 23 16 25 20 24 20 128
Peter Smyth 28 8 8 16 40 4 24 4 124
Pete Gayde 32 8 18 12 -- -- 24 24 118
Erland Sommarskog 20 8 -- -- 24 0 35 0 87
Björn Lundin 8 8 8 0 20 4 27 0 75
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Good Lord, it's not a locomotive.
m...@vex.net | --Tony Cooper
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