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RQFTCI07 Game 8 Rounds 8-10: languages, planets, and challenge
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Mark Brader
Sep 20, 2020, 12:25:55 AM9/20/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-12,
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*)".
In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who
live here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was
corrupted, so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to
let everyone off easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in
one set instead. Therefore for this game you will again be scored
on your best 5 out of the 7 rounds.
By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote
two pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
We'll have more specific clues along the way.
1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
and not because you're in hospital.
3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
end up in hospital.
4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
what this German word refers to.
5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
of your relatives.
6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
learn in any language.
7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
hotel.
8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
without being edited out.
1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
a small telescope. Name the planet.
3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
other three.
4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
Name it.
6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
discovery of what?
9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
For these you must give their full names.
A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
go-getters. Name the author.
* B. European Union
B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
"""now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
countries you must say which year you are answering for.
* C. Iraqi Cities
C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
country's main port?
* D. Names of Chemical Elements
D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
Sweden. Name any one of them.
D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
after the present-day names of countries, and """one
present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
country or one of the """five""" elements).
* E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
"""has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
"""has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
* F. Peter Greenaway movies
F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
starred John Gielgud?
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*)".
In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who
live here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was
corrupted, so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to
let everyone off easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in
one set instead. Therefore for this game you will again be scored
on your best 5 out of the 7 rounds.
By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote
two pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
We'll have more specific clues along the way.
1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
and not because you're in hospital.
3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
end up in hospital.
4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
what this German word refers to.
5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
of your relatives.
6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
learn in any language.
7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
hotel.
8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
without being edited out.
1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
a small telescope. Name the planet.
3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
other three.
4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
Name it.
6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
discovery of what?
9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
For these you must give their full names.
A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
go-getters. Name the author.
* B. European Union
B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
"""now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
countries you must say which year you are answering for.
* C. Iraqi Cities
C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
country's main port?
* D. Names of Chemical Elements
D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
Sweden. Name any one of them.
D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
after the present-day names of countries, and """one
present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
country or one of the """five""" elements).
* E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
"""has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
"""has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
* F. Peter Greenaway movies
F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
starred John Gielgud?
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 20, 2020, 9:05:58 AM9/20/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
Heart
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
(If memory serves, EEC was created out of the Coal and Steel Union in 1957,
with the predecessor formed in 1951, but it's uncertain whether the
discinction between the two is appreciated in Toronto pubs.)
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
The two countries that joined in 2007 were Romania and Bulgaria.
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
>
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
Dan Blum
Sep 20, 2020, 10:22:28 AM9/20/20
to
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
egg
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
Venus
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
Mercury
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
> For these you must give their full names.
these names is a sort of honorific.)
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
> * B. European Union
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
> * C. Iraqi Cities
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:d-qdnU1-RqhQRPvCnZ2dnUU7-
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> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
>
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
heart
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
bed
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
work
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
brother
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
man
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
waiter
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
Venus
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
Saturn
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
Jupiter and Uranus
(note: I was under the impression that Uranus and Neptune are now
considered "ice giants" and that they are no longer considered to be
atmosphere-only)
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
Mars
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
Mercury
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
Galileo
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
Uranus
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
Pluto
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
Ceres
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
Eris (dwarf planet) and Dysnomia (largest moon); Jupiter (planet) and
Ganymede (largest moon)
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
Lao-tzu
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
Sun-tzu
> * B. European Union
>
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
6 founding countries
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
27 members (as of 2020)
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
Erbil
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
Basra
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
Ytterbium
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
Cyprus
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
>
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
Gladwell
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
>
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
QPN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
>
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
egg
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
(note: I was under the impression that Uranus and Neptune are now
considered "ice giants" and that they are no longer considered to be
atmosphere-only)
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
Ganymede (largest moon)
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
> * B. European Union
>
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
>
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
>
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
"The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover"
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
"Prospero's Books"
> starred John Gielgud?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Bruce Bowler
Sep 21, 2020, 10:21:27 AM9/21/20
to
On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:25:49 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-12, 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*)".
>
>
> In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
> Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who live
> here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was corrupted,
> so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to let everyone off
> easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in one set instead.
> Therefore for this game you will again be scored on your best 5 out of
> the 7 rounds.
>
> By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote two
> pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-12, 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*)".
>
>
> In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
> Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who live
> here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was corrupted,
> so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to let everyone off
> easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in one set instead.
> Therefore for this game you will again be scored on your best 5 out of
> the 7 rounds.
>
> By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote two
> pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. Its
> atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon dioxide,
> with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
Venus
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. Its
> atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon dioxide,
> with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another way,
> it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are also now known
> to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the other three.
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere consisting
> mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once during
> its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun. Name it.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the first
> to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to day, but he
> didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star whose position he'd
> gotten wrong the first time.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet couldn't
> get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown planet's
> gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where to look for what
> we now call Neptune. When someone actually tried doing that, they
> needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an outer
> planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts were
> eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search had
> already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery
> of what?
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest of
> many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or asteroid,
> and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
> * B. European Union
>
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the Common
> Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded or the
> number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the new
> members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of countries you
> must say which year you are answering for.
>
>
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic and
> cultural area known as Kurdistan?
>
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
>
>
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in Sweden.
> Name any one of them.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one present-day
> country is""" named directly after an element. Give *any one* of
> these """six""" names (i.e. the """one""" country or one of the
> """five""" elements).
Pete Gayde
Sep 21, 2020, 6:33:01 PM9/21/20
to
>
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
>
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
>
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
>
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
>
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
>
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
>
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
>
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
>
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
>
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
>
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
>
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
>
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
>
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
>
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
>
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
>
>
> * B. European Union
>
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
>
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
>
>
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
>
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
>
>
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
>
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
>
>
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
>
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
>
> E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
> """has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
> During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
> the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
> the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
> a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
> titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
>
>
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
>
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
>
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
>
>
Dan Tilque
Sep 22, 2020, 4:27:29 PM9/22/20
to
On 9/19/20 9:25 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
> We'll have more specific clues along the way.
>
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
>
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
>
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
>
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
work
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
>
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
> We'll have more specific clues along the way.
>
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
>
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
>
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
>
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
>
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
>
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
>
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
>
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
>
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
>
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
>
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
>
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
>
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
>
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
>
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
>
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
>
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
>
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
>
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
>
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
>
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
>
>
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
>
> For these you must give their full names.
>
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
>
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
>
>
> * B. European Union
>
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
>
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
>
>
> * C. Iraqi Cities
>
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
>
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
>
>
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
>
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
>
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
>
>
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
>
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
>
> E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
> """has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
> During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
> the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
> the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
> a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
> titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
>
>
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
>
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
>
>
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
>
--
> starred John Gielgud?
>
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Sep 23, 2020, 12:23:47 AM9/23/20
to
Mark Brader:
JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratuations, eh?
> By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote
> two pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
Those were the science round and pairs B and D.
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
> We'll have more specific clues along the way.
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
Egg. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
Heart. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
Bed. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
Work. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
Brother or sibling. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
Bathroom or toilet. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
Room. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
Man or person. 4 for Erland and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
Waiter. 4 for Joshua.
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
Child or children. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum.
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
In the original game, this was the easiest round in the entire season.
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
Venus. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
Saturn. 4 for everyone.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete
(the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
Mars. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
Mercury. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
Galileo Galilei. (He also detected something odd about the shape
of Saturn, but his telescope wasn't good enough to identify what he
saw as rings.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
Uranus. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
Pluto. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
Ceres. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
Eris, Dysnomia; Haumea, Hi'iyaka; Jupiter, Ganymede; Mars, Phobos;
Neptune, Triton; Pluto, Charon; Saturn, Titan; Uranus, Titania.
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
Mercury, Venus, and Ceres have no moons, and Makemake has only a
numbered moon.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
> For these you must give their full names.
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
Lao Tzu. (There are various other spellings.) 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
Sun Tzu. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> * B. European Union
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
1958 (accepting 1957-59), 6 (accepting 5-7). They were France,
Italy, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
2007 answer: 27. 2020 answer: again 27. (Accepting 25-29 either
way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
hard way) and Joshua.
Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
> * C. Iraqi Cities
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
Mosul. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
Basra. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
Erbium, terbium, ytterbium, yttrium (all found in ores quarried
at Ytterby). (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce,
and Dan Tilque.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
2007 answer: Argentina (from silver in Latin); americium (really
after the continent, but close enough to accept); copper (after
Cyprus via classical languages, but Cyprus is the present-day name
too, so it counts); francium (from France); germanium (from Germany);
polonium (from Poland). 2020 answer: all of the above and one more:
nihonium (from Japan in Japanese). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
Two entrants answered the reverse question. No points for that.
Indium is named for India, but indirectly, via the color indigo,
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
Malcolm Gladwell. ("The Tipping Point" and "Blink". Still alive.)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
> """has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
> During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
> the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
> the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
> a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
> titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
Adam Gopnik. (The novel is "The King in the Window". Still alive.)
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
"The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). Since the
question was designed to be read and answered aloud, I accepted any
answer that had all the words correct without regard to punctuation
or the use of "and" vs. "&". (He's still alive, but I have no idea as
to whether or not he has made any movies that would now be considered
more "mainstream".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
"Prospero's Books" (1991). 4 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His L+E Spo Mis Mis Sci Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 27 20 28 40 36 184
Dan Blum 36 36 8 24 35 40 28 175
Dan Tilque 24 12 0 24 8 40 32 132
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 -- -- 28 36 28 124
Bruce Bowler 17 16 0 16 0 28 12 89
Pete Gayde 32 4 18 4 8 12 18 88
--
Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell'
Toronto | belongs there."
m...@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
> Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who
> live here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was
> corrupted, so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to
> let everyone off easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in
> one set instead. Therefore for this game you will again be scored
> on your best 5 out of the 7 rounds.
Well, Game 10 is over, and based on best 5 out of 7, the winner is
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> In this game Round 7 was the Canadiana round and was on *defunct*
> Toronto cinemas. It was a pretty hard round even for people who
> live here. As it happens, the online copy of the map handout was
> corrupted, so instead of scanning a printed copy, I've decided to
> let everyone off easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in
> one set instead. Therefore for this game you will again be scored
> on your best 5 out of the 7 rounds.
JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratuations, eh?
> By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote
> two pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds.
> ** Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Other Voices, Other Words
> You may not be a polyglot, but probably you've taken a first-year
> language course, or travelled, or at least eaten at restaurants where
> some of the menu is not in English. In this round, we will give
> you some basic words in other languages, and you tell us what they
> mean in English. As a general clue, all of these words are nouns.
> We'll have more specific clues along the way.
> 1. "Tamago" ["tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable]. This
> word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant.
> It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet
> that was all the rage """a few""" years ago.
> 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that
> if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving
> and not because you're in hospital.
> 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's
> one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you
> end up in hospital.
> 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than
> what this German word refers to.
> 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one
> of your relatives.
> 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian,
> but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
> learn in any language.
> 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German
> hotel.
> 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as
> in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang
> that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
> 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give
> you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
> ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"].
> 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable].
> No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have
> some of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System
> Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
> without being edited out.
> 1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth
> in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
> Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
> dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in
> a small telescope. Name the planet.
> 3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
> almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
> way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are
> also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the
> other three.
(the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
> 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
> day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere
> consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it.
> 5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
> and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
> during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
> astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
> during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
> Name it.
> 6. Name the *man* who was the first to discover that the Sun's face
> has spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the
> first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to
> day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star
> whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
of Saturn, but his telescope wasn't good enough to identify what he
saw as rings.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
> astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
> couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
> planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where
> to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually
> tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it.
> What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
> 8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
> computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
> outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
> were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
> had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
> discovery of what?
> 9. This body, discovered on 1801-01-01, was considered to be a
> planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
> of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
> asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
> 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has
> one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*.
Neptune, Triton; Pluto, Charon; Saturn, Titan; Uranus, Titania.
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
Mercury, Venus, and Ceres have no moons, and Makemake has only a
numbered moon.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
> For these you must give their full names.
> A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
> wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
> decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
> go-getters. Name the author.
> * B. European Union
> B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
> of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
> Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
> or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
Italy, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
hard way) and Joshua.
Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
> * C. Iraqi Cities
> C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose
> definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic
> and cultural area known as Kurdistan?
> C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the
> country's main port?
and Dan Tilque.
> * D. Names of Chemical Elements
> D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
> lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in
> Sweden. Name any one of them.
at Ytterby). (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce,
and Dan Tilque.
> D2. By a generous count """five elements are""" named directly
> after the present-day names of countries, and """one
> present-day country is""" named directly after an element.
> Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one"""
> country or one of the """five""" elements).
after the continent, but close enough to accept); copper (after
Cyprus via classical languages, but Cyprus is the present-day name
too, so it counts); francium (from France); germanium (from Germany);
polonium (from Poland). 2020 answer: all of the above and one more:
nihonium (from Japan in Japanese). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
Two entrants answered the reverse question. No points for that.
Indium is named for India, but indirectly, via the color indigo,
> * E. Part-Time Canadians at the "New Yorker"
> E1. He was born in the UK but raised in Elmira, Ontario, and
> """has""" a degree from the U of T. He's been a staff
> writer for the "New Yorker" since 1996. He """is""" perhaps
> best known for two bestselling books: one concerning
> so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of
> instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he?
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> E2. This writer, born in Philadelphia but raised in Montreal,
> """has written""" for the "New Yorker" since 1986.
> During the late 1990s he wrote the "Paris Journals" for
> the magazine, later collected and published as "Paris to
> the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and
> a book of essays about his children growing up in New York,
> titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him.
> * F. Peter Greenaway movies
> F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen
> Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles.
> Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
question was designed to be read and answered aloud, I accepted any
answer that had all the words correct without regard to punctuation
or the use of "and" vs. "&". (He's still alive, but I have no idea as
to whether or not he has made any movies that would now be considered
more "mainstream".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and
> starred John Gielgud?
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His L+E Spo Mis Mis Sci Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 27 20 28 40 36 184
Dan Blum 36 36 8 24 35 40 28 175
Dan Tilque 24 12 0 24 8 40 32 132
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 -- -- 28 36 28 124
Bruce Bowler 17 16 0 16 0 28 12 89
Pete Gayde 32 4 18 4 8 12 18 88
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Toronto | belongs there."
m...@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Sep 23, 2020, 3:36:26 PM9/23/20
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On 9/22/20 9:23 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
>> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
>> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
>> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
>> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
>
> 2007 answer: 27. 2020 answer: again 27. (Accepting 25-29 either
> way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
> hard way) and Joshua.
>
> Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
I answered 28, which is within the accepted answer range. Perhaps the
>
>> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
>> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
>> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
>> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
>> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
>
> 2007 answer: 27. 2020 answer: again 27. (Accepting 25-29 either
> way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
> hard way) and Joshua.
>
> Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
way I wrote it "28 in 2020" fooled your automated scoring system.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Sep 23, 2020, 7:09:28 PM9/23/20
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Mark Brader:
> Perhaps the way I wrote it "28 in 2020" fooled your automated scoring
> system.
No. It was a rather cluttery job to score it, with three possible
answers before the numerical range was applied, two entrants giving
wrong answers, and another one cluttering the answer table with extra
information, and I just forgot to apply the range. Sorry about that.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His L+E Spo Mis Mis Sci Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 27 20 28 40 36 184
Dan Blum 36 36 8 24 35 40 28 175
Dan Tilque 24 12 0 24 8 40 36 136
Toronto | time you go by the Book, which is mostly a collection
m...@vex.net | of nitwit ideas that worked." -- Niven & Pournelle
>>> B2. The EU added two new members """this year""", which are
>>> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
>>> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
>>> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
>>> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
Dan Tilque:
>>> adjacent countries. *Either* say how many countries are
>>> """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the
>>> new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of
>>> countries you must say which year you are answering for.
>> 2007 answer: 27. 2020 answer: again 27. (Accepting 25-29 either
>> way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
>> hard way) and Joshua.
>>
>> Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
> I answered 28, which is within the accepted answer range.
Oops. 4 for Dan Tilque also.
>> way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the
>> hard way) and Joshua.
>>
>> Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left.
> I answered 28, which is within the accepted answer range.
> Perhaps the way I wrote it "28 in 2020" fooled your automated scoring
> system.
answers before the numerical range was applied, two entrants giving
wrong answers, and another one cluttering the answer table with extra
information, and I just forgot to apply the range. Sorry about that.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His L+E Spo Mis Mis Sci Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 27 20 28 40 36 184
Dan Blum 36 36 8 24 35 40 28 175
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 -- -- 28 36 28 124
Bruce Bowler 17 16 0 16 0 28 12 89
Pete Gayde 32 4 18 4 8 12 18 88
--
Mark Brader | "Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. The rest of the
Bruce Bowler 17 16 0 16 0 28 12 89
Pete Gayde 32 4 18 4 8 12 18 88
--
Toronto | time you go by the Book, which is mostly a collection
m...@vex.net | of nitwit ideas that worked." -- Niven & Pournelle
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