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Mark Brader
Nov 16, 2019, 5:17:08 AM11/16/19
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
What resource?
2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
on *what kind of tree*?
3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
What is it called?
4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
the pigment?
5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
Name the metal.
7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
in this brilliant white pigment?
9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
discovered color?
10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
* Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
following handout list:
| Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
| Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
| Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
| Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
| Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
| Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
| Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
| Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
| Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
throughout the Americas.
3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
member.
4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
"Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
a mortar and pestle.
9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
or storms.
10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
--
Mark Brader "Computers get paid to extract relevant
Toronto information from files; people should not
m...@vex.net have to do such mundane tasks." -- Ian Darwin
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
What resource?
2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
on *what kind of tree*?
3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
What is it called?
4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
the pigment?
5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
Name the metal.
7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
in this brilliant white pigment?
9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
discovered color?
10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
* Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
following handout list:
| Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
| Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
| Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
| Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
| Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
| Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
| Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
| Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
| Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
throughout the Americas.
3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
member.
4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
"Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
a mortar and pestle.
9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
or storms.
10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
--
Mark Brader "Computers get paid to extract relevant
Toronto information from files; people should not
m...@vex.net have to do such mundane tasks." -- Ian Darwin
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 16, 2019, 8:34:44 AM11/16/19
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
Occra
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
>
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
>
> | Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
> | Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
> | Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
> | Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
> | Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
> | Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
> | Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
> | Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
> | Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
>
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
>
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
>
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
>
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
>
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 16, 2019, 8:45:00 AM11/16/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:uPqdnV8lhekDUVLA...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
red
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
cadmium
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
arsenic
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
arsenic
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and
> Shapeshifters
>
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
>
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
chupacabra
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
banshee
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
ghoul
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
phooka
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
wendigo
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
skin-walker
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
Baba Yaga
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
djinn
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
Anansi
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:uPqdnV8lhekDUVLA...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
lapis lazuli
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and
> Shapeshifters
>
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
>
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
dybbuk
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Nov 16, 2019, 9:21:45 AM11/16/19
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
mummies
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
> 9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
> attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
> This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
> been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
> for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
> discovered color?
> 10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
> used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
> Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
> This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
> done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
dybbuk
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Nov 16, 2019, 1:50:45 PM11/16/19
to
On 11/16/19 2:17 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
mummies
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
>
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
>
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
>
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
>
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
>
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
>
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
>
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
>
> 9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
> attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
> This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
> been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
> for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
> discovered color?
>
> 10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
> used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
> Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
> This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
> done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
>
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
>
> | Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
> | Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
> | Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
> | Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
> | Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
> | Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
> | Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
> | Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
> | Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
>
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
>
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
>
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
>
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
>
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
>
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
>
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
>
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
>
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
>
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
--
Dan Tilque
Pete Gayde
Nov 17, 2019, 5:55:48 PM11/17/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uPqdnV8lhekDUVLAnZ2dnUU7-
avN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
Papyrus
>
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
>
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
>
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
Lapus lazuli; Indigo
>
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
Red velvet
>
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
>
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
Arsenic
>
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
Lead
Dybbuk
>
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
Chupacabra
>
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
Banshee
>
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
Chimera; Banshee
>
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
Chimera
>
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
Anansi; Phooka
>
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
Deer Woman
>
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
Rusalka
>
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
Djinn; Dullahan
>
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
Arachne
>
Pete Gayde
avN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
>
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
>
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
>
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
>
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
>
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
>
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
>
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
>
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
>
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
>
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
>
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
>
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
>
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
>
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
>
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
>
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
>
Pete Gayde
Bruce Bowler
Nov 18, 2019, 9:49:58 AM11/18/19
to
On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:17:02 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an Ancient Egyptian
> source, but its use was discontinued in the 20th century as the
> resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
mummies
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
>
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an Ancient Egyptian
> source, but its use was discontinued in the 20th century as the
> resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many other
> manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which was harvested
> from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and margarine,
> snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was so
> expensive that it often had its own budget line item on a commission.
> What is the name shared by the mineral and the pigment?
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen a
> resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic alternatives.
> *What color* does this pigment create?
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause health
> problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego bricks used
> pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it was
> developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used extensively
> in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed to be highly
> poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death in exile on St.
> Helena. What poison does it contain?
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it, too,
> was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance in this
> brilliant white pigment?
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and whose name
> literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported throughout the
> Americas.
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family member.
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have an
> appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
>
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of a
> 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign but
> mischievous creature." What is the creature?
Mark Brader
Nov 19, 2019, 4:39:59 AM11/19/19
to
Mark Brader:
and Bruce.
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
Oak. 4 for Dan Blum and Bruce.
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
Annatto. 4 for Bruce.
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
Lapis Lazuli or Ultramarine. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete and Bruce.
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
Cadmium. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
Arsenic. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
Lead. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
> 9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
> attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
> This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
> been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
> for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
> discovered color?
Mauve. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
> used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
> Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
> This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
> done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
Ocher. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
> | Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
> | Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
> | Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
> | Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
> | Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
> | Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
> | Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
> | Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
> | Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
Just for fun, I equalized the column lengths in this presentation by
adding to the list of folkloric creatures two from movies: "Godzilla"
(anglicization of the Japanese movie monster "Gojira") and "wookiee"
(from the "Star Wars" series). Accordingly I was rather surprised
when "wookiee" was actually given as an answer.
Anyway, this was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
Dybbuk. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
Chupacabra. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
Banshee. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
Ghoul. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
Phooka or Puca. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
Wendigo. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
Skinwalkers. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
Baba Yaga. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
Djinn. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
Anansi. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo H/G Art G/H Sci Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 40 14 40 16 40 144
Dan Blum 4 40 6 32 20 39 131
Dan Tilque 4 36 0 32 20 32 120
Pete Gayde 36 34 -- -- 15 15 100
Erland Sommarskog 0 40 0 36 0 12 88
"Calvin" 4 18 7 21 -- -- 50
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 23 8 31
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m...@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but
Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
Mummies. It was called Mummy Brown. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Colors and Pigments
> 1. A certain pigment, very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries,
> created a deep brown color. It was derived from an
> Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the
> 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable.
> What resource?
and Bruce.
> 2. Iron Gall ink was used in Europe for over 1,400 years.
> It was used to letter the famous Book of Kells, among many
> other manuscripts. It was made using gallotannic acid, which
> was harvested from galls -- growths caused by wasp larvae --
> on *what kind of tree*?
> 3. Cheddar cheese is never naturally orange; it is colored with
> a pigment harvested from the achiote tree, found in tropical
> countries. The same pigment is used to dye butter and
> margarine, snack foods, cereal, and a host of other foods.
> What is it called?
> 4. This blue pigment was historically more expensive than gold,
> and is derived from a mineral mined in Afghanistan. It was
> so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on
> a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and
> the pigment?
3 for Pete and Bruce.
> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
> 6. This heavy metal was used to make pigments in red and yellow.
> The metal is toxic enough that paints containing it can cause
> health problems when it is absorbed into the skin. Still, Lego
> bricks used pigments containing this metal until the 1970s.
> Name the metal.
> 7. Emerald Green was the name of a pigment used extensively in
> the 19th century. It did not contain emerald; in fact it
> was developed as a cheaper green pigment, and thus was used
> extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed
> to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death
> in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain?
> 8. A pigment called Venetian Ceruse was used widely in the 16th
> century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it,
> too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance
> in this brilliant white pigment?
> 9. In 1859 a synthetic dye was discovered accidentally while
> attempting to synthesize quinine, a treatment for malaria.
> This dye was originally called Tyrian Purple, but has since
> been given a one-word name that comes from the French word
> for the mallow flower. What is the name of this accidentally
> discovered color?
> 10. This pigment created using clay is likely the oldest pigment
> used by humans. It is found on cave paintings, and in Blombos
> Cave in South Africa it was discovered in a stone fragment.
> This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing
> done by a human on earth. What pigment is this?
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
> In each case, name the relevant folkloric creature from the
> following handout list:
> | Alkonost | Chimera | Hippocamp | Rusalka
> | Anansi | Chupacabra | Houri | Simurgh
> | Arachne | Deer Woman | Imurgh | Skin-Walker
> | Baba Yaga | Djinn | La Bolefuego | Strigoi
> | Bahamut | Dullahan | Leprechaun | Tachash
> | Banshee | Dybbuk | Nanabush | Tanuki
> | Baobhan Sith | Ghoul | Penanggal | Wendigo
> | Callisto | Godzilla | Phooka or Puca | Wookiee
> | Catoblepas | Golem | Qalupalik | Zombie
adding to the list of folkloric creatures two from movies: "Godzilla"
(anglicization of the Japanese movie monster "Gojira") and "wookiee"
(from the "Star Wars" series). Accordingly I was rather surprised
when "wookiee" was actually given as an answer.
Anyway, this was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit
> believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling
> the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business
> 2. Originating in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, stories of this
> livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and
> whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported
> throughout the Americas.
Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit
> from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family
> member.
> 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were
> introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have
> an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries.
> 5. This description comes from the 1950 Jimmy Stewart movie
> "Harvey", whose title character is one of these in the form of
> a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology,
> a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign
> but mischievous creature." What is the creature?
> 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants,
> these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also
> inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals.
> 7. Known in Navajo as "yee naaldlooshii", these malevolent witches
> can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear
> as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title
> of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman
> 8. A notoriously ambiguous figure of Slavic folklore, this sometimes
> good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest
> in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of
> a mortar and pestle.
> 9. Originating in pre-Islamic folk cultures of Arabia and persisting
> in Islamic tradition, these invisible spirits may have been
> created by God out of fire, and exist alongside angels and demons
> as supernatural beings who can influence the lives of humans
> for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places,
> and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans,
> or storms.
> 10. Perhaps the best-known figure of African and Afro-Caribbean
> folklore, this trickster tried -- and failed -- to steal the
> world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately,
> he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway,
> he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo H/G Art G/H Sci Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 40 14 40 16 40 144
Dan Blum 4 40 6 32 20 39 131
Dan Tilque 4 36 0 32 20 32 120
Pete Gayde 36 34 -- -- 15 15 100
Erland Sommarskog 0 40 0 36 0 12 88
"Calvin" 4 18 7 21 -- -- 50
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 23 8 31
--
Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being
m...@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but
Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand
Dan Blum
Nov 19, 2019, 9:47:51 AM11/19/19
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> > 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> > beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> > It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> > a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> > alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
> Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
I certainly wouldn't say that "red" is incorrect but "carmine" is the
> > 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
> > beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
> > It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
> > a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
> > alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
> Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
more specific name of this particular color (the Wikipedia page for
carmine in fact has a picture of the insect nests on a prickly-pear).
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 19, 2019, 2:28:28 PM11/19/19
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
>
>> * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters
>
> Just for fun, I equalized the column lengths in this presentation by
> adding to the list of folkloric creatures two from movies: "Godzilla"
> (anglicization of the Japanese movie monster "Gojira") and "wookiee"
> (from the "Star Wars" series). Accordingly I was rather surprised
> when "wookiee" was actually given as an answer.
>
I seem to recall that I gave that answer. I see no reason for the
> adding to the list of folkloric creatures two from movies: "Godzilla"
> (anglicization of the Japanese movie monster "Gojira") and "wookiee"
> (from the "Star Wars" series). Accordingly I was rather surprised
> when "wookiee" was actually given as an answer.
>
surprise.
Mark Brader
Nov 19, 2019, 4:23:37 PM11/19/19
to
Erland Sommarskog:
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
> I see no reason for the surprise.
Because it was a familiar but non-folkloric creature.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
Mark Brader
Nov 19, 2019, 4:25:01 PM11/19/19
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Mark Brader:
Sorry, I didn't think about it when scoring. 4 for Dan Blum also.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
AME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo H/G Art G/H Sci Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 40 14 40 16 40 144
Dan Blum 4 40 6 32 24 39 135
Toronto | Of course, it'll take a whole lot of rock, water and dirt.
m...@vex.net | Also, not sure where to put it." --Mark MacKenzie
>>> 5. Historically a certain pigment was made by crushing hundreds of
>>> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
>>> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
>>> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
>>> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
>
>> Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
Dan Blum:
>>> beetle-like insects that live on the prickly-pear cactus.
>>> It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen
>>> a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic
>>> alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create?
>
>> Red. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
> I certainly wouldn't say that "red" is incorrect but "carmine" is the
> more specific name of this particular color...
Sorry, I didn't think about it when scoring. 4 for Dan Blum also.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
AME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo H/G Art G/H Sci Mis FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 40 14 40 16 40 144
Dan Tilque 4 36 0 32 20 32 120
Pete Gayde 36 34 -- -- 15 15 100
Erland Sommarskog 0 40 0 36 0 12 88
"Calvin" 4 18 7 21 -- -- 50
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 23 8 31
--
Mark Brader | "I believe we can build a better world!
Pete Gayde 36 34 -- -- 15 15 100
Erland Sommarskog 0 40 0 36 0 12 88
"Calvin" 4 18 7 21 -- -- 50
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 23 8 31
--
Toronto | Of course, it'll take a whole lot of rock, water and dirt.
m...@vex.net | Also, not sure where to put it." --Mark MacKenzie
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 19, 2019, 5:04:53 PM11/19/19
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I see no reason for the surprise.
>
> Because it was a familiar but non-folkloric creature.
I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I see no reason for the surprise.
>
> Because it was a familiar but non-folkloric creature.
Which should not be very surprising.
Mark Brader
Nov 19, 2019, 5:08:57 PM11/19/19
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Erland Sommarskog:
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "To great evils we submit; we resent
m...@vex.net | little provocations." --William Hazlitt, 1822
> I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
> Which should not be very surprising.
You have an extra "not" in the last sentence.
> Which should not be very surprising.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "To great evils we submit; we resent
m...@vex.net | little provocations." --William Hazlitt, 1822
Calvin
Nov 19, 2019, 6:13:38 PM11/19/19
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 8:08:57 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> Erland Sommarskog:
> > I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
> > Which should not be very surprising.
>
> You have an extra "not" in the last sentence.
Indeed. A friend of mine who is a very strong quizzer (well better than me certainly) has in the past two months not recognised the Millennium Falcon in a picture quiz, and not known which Jane Austen novel Miss Elizabeth Bennett was the heroine of. Quelle surprise!
> Erland Sommarskog:
> > I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
> > Which should not be very surprising.
>
> You have an extra "not" in the last sentence.
cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 20, 2019, 2:17:25 PM11/20/19
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
>> Which should not be very surprising.
>
> You have an extra "not" in the last sentence.
Many of my SQL friends likes to make fun of that I often tend to accidently
> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I guess it is familiar if you have watched Star Wars. But I have not.
>> Which should not be very surprising.
>
> You have an extra "not" in the last sentence.
drop the word "not". But, no, it is not one of these dropped "not" that has
reappeard here. There is absolutely no reason to be surprised over that
there are people who have not seen Star Wars and who are unfamiliar with
whatever creatures that appear in that film.
And for that matter, nor can it be a surprise to you after all these
years that my best trivia topics certainly isn't film and entertainment.
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