QFTCI5EP Current Events Final

[Mark Brader]

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04,
and should be interpreted accordingly. (Sorry about the delay in
posting them; it took a while for the questions to be gotten to me
in writing.) If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are
still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.

All questions were written by members of 5 Easy Pieces and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

This set is running concurrently with questions from Round 7, and
later with Round 8, of the preceding season.


** Final, Current Events

* Miscellaneous

1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
age of 43. What type of animal was he?

2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?

3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?


* Sports

4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
in a non-Mercedes car?

5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers
last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie.
Whose record did he break?

6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
like "Toronto Argonauts".)


* Canadiana

7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
on Toronto Island.

8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear
which specific item on duty? These items were made in support
of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating
death of Abdirahman Abdi.

9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last
year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of?


* Trumpiana

10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
they call themselves?

12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
Give the two words to complete the sentence.


* See below

13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
better known by which short name?

Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after
you have finished with the previous questions. Guvf gevcyr vf
nobhg Oerkvg.

14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq
vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr
ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba?

15. Gur "Qnvyl Znvy" choyvfurq n sebag-cntr cubgb bs gjb srznyr
HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub
jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb;
jub jnf gur bgure?

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[Erland Sommarskog]

Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

Walrus

> 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
> 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?

Gredelline

> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Sherlok Holmes

> 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
> in a non-Mercedes car?

Vettel

> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Toronto Maple Leafs

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

> 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq
> vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr
> ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba?

Lloyd

> 15. Gur "Qnvyl Znvy" choyvfurq n sebag-cntr cubgb bs gjb srznyr
> HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub
> jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb;
> jub jnf gur bgure?

Nicole Sturegon



--
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[Peter Smyth]

Mark Brader wrote:

> ** Final, Current Events
>
> * Miscellaneous
>
> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

Gorilla

> 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
> 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?

Lemon Yellow

> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Hitler

>
> * Sports
>
> 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
> in a non-Mercedes car?

Vettel

> 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers
> last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie.
> Whose record did he break?

Howe

> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens

> * Canadiana
>
> 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
> bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
> week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
> on Toronto Island.

Ford

> 8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear
> which specific item on duty? These items were made in support
> of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating
> death of Abdirahman Abdi.
>
> 9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last
> year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of?
>
>
> * Trumpiana
>
> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Chris Christie

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.

Bull Shit

>
> * See below
>
> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

> Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after

> you have finished with the previous questions. This triple is
> about Brexit.
>
> 14. Which insurance company, one of the oldest in Britain, announced
> it would soon open an office in Brussels to try not to lose
> business in the European Union?
Lloyds of London
> 15. The "Daily Mail" published a front-page photo of two female
> UK politicians under the headline "Never mind Brexit, who
> won Legs-it!" Theresa May was of the women in the photo;
> who was the other?
Nicola Sturgeon

Peter Smyth

[Jason Kreitzer]

The Freedom Caucus

> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.

"Weird shit"

>
> * See below
>
> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

"Nuclear option"

[Joshua Kreitzer]

m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pOCdnSPaRdZ5mmzFnZ2dnUU7-
LPN...@giganews.com:

> ** Final, Current Events
>
> * Miscellaneous
>
> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

gorilla

> * Sports

>
> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Ottawa Senators

> * Canadiana
>
> 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
> bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
> week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
> on Toronto Island.

Ford

> * Trumpiana
>
> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Chris Christie

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

> * See below
>
> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

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[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <pOCdnSPaRdZ5mmzF...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> ** Final, Current Events
>

> * Trumpiana
>
> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Cristie

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.

weird shit


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[Dan Tilque]

Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Current Events
>
> * Miscellaneous
>
> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

gorilla

>
> 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
> 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?

carnation pink ??

>
> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Hitler ??

>
>
> * Sports
>
> 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
> in a non-Mercedes car?
>
> 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers
> last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie.
> Whose record did he break?
>
> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)
>
>
> * Canadiana
>
> 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
> bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
> week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
> on Toronto Island.
>
> 8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear
> which specific item on duty? These items were made in support
> of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating
> death of Abdirahman Abdi.
>
> 9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last
> year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of?
>
>
> * Trumpiana
>
> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Chris Christie

>
> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

>
> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.
>
>
> * See below
>
> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

>
> Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after
> you have finished with the previous questions. Guvf gevcyr vf
> nobhg Oerkvg.
>
> 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq
> vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr
> ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba?
>
> 15. Gur "Qnvyl Znvy" choyvfurq n sebag-cntr cubgb bs gjb srznyr
> HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub
> jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb;
> jub jnf gur bgure?
>


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Dan Tilque

[Pete Gayde]

m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pOCdnSPaRdZ5mmzFnZ2dnUU7-
LPN...@giganews.com:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. (Sorry about the delay in
> posting them; it took a while for the questions to be gotten to me
> in writing.) If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are
> still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of 5 Easy Pieces and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
> This set is running concurrently with questions from Round 7, and
> later with Round 8, of the preceding season.
>
>
> ** Final, Current Events
>
> * Miscellaneous
>
> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

Gorilla

>
> 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
> 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?
>
> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Einstein

>
>
> * Sports
>
> 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
> in a non-Mercedes car?

Hamilton

>
> 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers
> last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie.
> Whose record did he break?

Sittler

>
> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Calgary Flames; Vancouver Canucks

>
>
> * Canadiana
>
> 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
> bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
> week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
> on Toronto Island.
>
> 8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear
> which specific item on duty? These items were made in support
> of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating
> death of Abdirahman Abdi.
>
> 9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last
> year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of?
>
>
> * Trumpiana
>
> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Christie

>
> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

>
> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.

crazy shit

>
>
> * See below
>
> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

>
> Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after
> you have finished with the previous questions. Guvf gevcyr vf
> nobhg Oerkvg.
>
> 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq
> vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr
> ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba?
>
> 15. Gur "Qnvyl Znvy" choyvfurq n sebag-cntr cubgb bs gjb srznyr
> HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub
> jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb;
> jub jnf gur bgure?

First minister of Scotland

>

Pete Gayde

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[Mark Brader]

Mark Brader:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04,

> and should be interpreted accordingly... If any answers have

> changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the

> answers that were correct on that date... For further information

> see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

And the Current Events game for the recently-ended season is
over, and the winner is PETE GAYDE by a margin of 17 points.
Hearty congratulations, Pete!

As I have a sufficient backlog of QFTCI5EP questions on ordinary
rounds to last through the coming season, I won't be asking
Footloose and Firkin Free to provide their questions; hence
QFTCI Current Events will now go on hiatus, presumably to resume
in September with questions written by Smith & Guessin'.


> ** Final, Current Events

Obviously, I meant to say "Final, Round 1" there.

These answers may contain coarse ex-presidential language.

> * Miscellaneous

> 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the
> age of 43. What type of animal was he?

Hippopotamus.

> 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which
> 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years?

Dandelion.

> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Albert Einstein. 4 for Pete.

> * Sports

> 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week
> in a non-Mercedes car?

Sebastien Vettel. 4 for Erland and Peter.

> 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers
> last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie.
> Whose record did he break?

Wendel Clark. (34 goals as a Leaf rookie in 1985-86. Matthews
finished the 2016-17 season with 40 goals.)

> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Edmonton Oilers. 3 for Peter.

> * Canadiana

> 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a
> bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last
> week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels
> on Toronto Island.

Giorgio Mammoliti.

> 8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear
> which specific item on duty? These items were made in support
> of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating
> death of Abdirahman Abdi.

"United We Stand" wristbands. The slogan was not required.

> 9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last
> year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of?

Ontario Power Generation. "OPG" was sufficient.

> * Trumpiana

> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Chris Christie. (New Jersey.) 4 for Peter, Joshua, Marc, Dan,
and Pete.

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Peter, Jason, Joshua,
Marc, Dan, and Pete.

> 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's
> inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..."
> Give the two words to complete the sentence.

Weird shit. 4 for Jason and Marc.

> * See below

> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit. 4 for Erland, Peter, Joshua, Dan, and Pete.

> Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after

> you have finished with the previous questions. This triple is
> about Brexit.

> 14. Which insurance company, one of the oldest in Britain, announced
> it would soon open an office in Brussels to try not to lose
> business in the European Union?

Lloyd's of London. 4 for Erland and Peter.

> 15. The "Daily Mail" published a front-page photo of two female
> UK politicians under the headline "Never mind Brexit, who
> won Legs-it!" Theresa May was of the women in the photo;
> who was the other?

Nicola Sturgeon. (Yes, First Minister of Scotland, but the name
was required.) 4 for Erland and Peter.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE
Pete Gayde 16 16 24 23 16 16 20 18 7 12 16 165
Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 16 24 8 12 12 12 16 20 12 148
Peter Smyth -- -- 16 16 -- -- 4 12 12 16 27 103
Marc Dashevsky 4 12 12 12 4 8 12 8 8 16 12 100
Dan Blum 4 4 10 12 4 22 16 6 12 7 -- 93
Dan Tilque 0 4 8 16 4 0 12 20 4 8 12 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 4 8 8 12 7 8 4 4 20 79
Don Piven -- -- 12 12 16 12 12 8 -- -- -- 72
"ArenEss" 20 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 12 8 8 -- 44
Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- 0 8 4 8 4 4 8 36

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m...@vex.net --Chris Torek

[Erland Sommarskog]

Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> As I have a sufficient backlog of QFTCI5EP questions on ordinary
> rounds to last through the coming season, I won't be asking
> Footloose and Firkin Free to provide their questions; hence
> QFTCI Current Events will now go on hiatus, presumably to resume
> in September with questions written by Smith & Guessin'.
>

Too bad! Any chance you can run just F&FF's Current Events questions?
I sort of like these.

[Dan Blum]

Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> ** Final, Current Events

> * Miscellaneous

> 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in
> Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as?

Albert Einstein

> * Sports

> 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last
> Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required,
> like "Toronto Argonauts".)

Edmonton Oilers; Toronto Maple Leafs

> * Trumpiana

> 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state
> governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America?

Le Page

> 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican
> members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do
> they call themselves?

Freedom Caucus

> * See below

> 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process
> better known by which short name?

Brexit

> 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq
> vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr
> ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba?

Lloyds

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[Mark Brader]

If Dan Blum had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
19 points on this round and come third with a final score of 108.
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