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RQFTCI03 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: urban landmarks and polar explorers
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Mark Brader
Nov 27, 2020, 10:02:42 PM11/27/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
them in that order.
2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
(or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
specific function or its nickname.
5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
Name the park.
6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
Plaza del Congreso.
7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
of water. Name that body of water.
10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
Name the park.
* Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
had traveled alone.
1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
expedition to reach the South Pole.
2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
as fraudulent.
3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
is disputed by some.
5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
of the Arctic islands and passages.
6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
organization that owned it.
9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
What was it?
10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
--
Mark Brader | "Warning! Drinking beer, wine or spirits during
Toronto | pregnancy can harm your baby." (City of Toronto
m...@vex.net | notice in restaurant washrooms--men's and women's)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
them in that order.
2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
(or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
specific function or its nickname.
5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
Name the park.
6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
Plaza del Congreso.
7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
of water. Name that body of water.
10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
Name the park.
* Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
had traveled alone.
1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
expedition to reach the South Pole.
2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
as fraudulent.
3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
is disputed by some.
5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
of the Arctic islands and passages.
6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
organization that owned it.
9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
What was it?
10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
--
Mark Brader | "Warning! Drinking beer, wine or spirits during
Toronto | pregnancy can harm your baby." (City of Toronto
m...@vex.net | notice in restaurant washrooms--men's and women's)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 28, 2020, 5:17:13 AM11/28/20
to
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
I believe they have a street called "Broadway" in that town, so I
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
try thta.
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
House", haven't they? I try that.
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
> Plaza del Congreso.
day, but realized that it had fallen out of my mind. But at least is
*not* San Martín - that street is four blocks up to the right from the
plaza.
But using my knowledge of common street/plaza names in Argentina I
try Plaza de 25 Mayo.
> 8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
> across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
> Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
> History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
> the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
> itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
> Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
> 9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
> you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
> Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
> Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
> of water. Name that body of water.
> 10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
> the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
> this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
> Name the park.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
>
> 1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
Nansen
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
Dan Blum
Nov 28, 2020, 10:21:33 AM11/28/20
to
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
5th Avenue
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
> 10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocad?ro Gardens across
> the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
> this park, which extends almost to the ?cole Militaire.
> Name the park.
Tuileries
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
> 1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
Amundsen
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
> 2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
> 4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
> to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
> flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
> is disputed by some.
> 5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
> two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
> never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
> most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
> of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
> of the Arctic islands and passages.
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 28, 2020, 11:28:59 AM11/28/20
to
Erland Sommarskog (esq...@sommarskog.se) writes:
> But using my knowledge of common street/plaza names in Argentina I
> try Plaza de 25 Mayo.
>
After having looked it up, I see that I did not arrive too far from
> But using my knowledge of common street/plaza names in Argentina I
> try Plaza de 25 Mayo.
>
the correct answer, but just in case Mark gets the idea, I like to
point out that my answer is not "almost correct", but simply wrong.
When checking the map, I noticed that there is a Rua de 25 Mayo which
starts at the square in question.
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 28, 2020, 1:52:51 PM11/28/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V4qdna7NhO1RIFzCnZ2dnUU7-
QvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
5th Avenue
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
Smithsonian Castle
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
Hyde Park
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
>
> This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
> and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
> out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
> or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
> of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
> had traveled alone.
>
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
announced that he was planning to go to the North Pole
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
QvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
>
> This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
> and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
> out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
> or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
> of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
> had traveled alone.
>
> 2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
Cook
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Nov 29, 2020, 3:44:25 AM11/29/20
to
On 11/27/20 7:02 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
5th Ave
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
>
> 2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
> eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
> campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
> (or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
>
> 3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
> Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
> from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
> the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
>
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
>
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
>
> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
> Plaza del Congreso.
>
> 7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
> train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
> a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
> the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
>
> 8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
> across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
> Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
> History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
> the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
> itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
> Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
>
> 9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
> you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
> Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
> Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
> of water. Name that body of water.
>
> 10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
> the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
> this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
> Name the park.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
>
> This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
> and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
> out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
> or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
> of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
> had traveled alone.
>
> 1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
>
> 2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
>
> 3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
> the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
> Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
>
> 4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
> to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
> flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
> is disputed by some.
>
> 5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
> two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
> never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
> most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
> of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
> of the Arctic islands and passages.
>
> 6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
> the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
> reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
> route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
> Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
> named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
>
> 7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
> Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
> in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
> reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
> Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
> same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
>
> 8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
> completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
> trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
> organization that owned it.
>
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
>
> 10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
> was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
> only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
> by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
> of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
> this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
--
Pete Gayde
Dec 1, 2020, 12:08:48 AM12/1/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
Fifth Avenue
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
>
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
>
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
>
> 2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
> eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
> campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
> (or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
>
> 3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
> Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
> from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
> the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
>
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
>
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
>
> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
> Plaza del Congreso.
>
> 7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
> train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
> a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
> the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
>
> 8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
> across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
> Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
> History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
> the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
> itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
> Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
>
> 3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
> the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
> Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
>
> 4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
> to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
> flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
> is disputed by some.
>
> 5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
> two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
> never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
> most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
> of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
> of the Arctic islands and passages.
>
> 6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
> the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
> reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
> route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
> Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
> named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
>
> 7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
> Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
> in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
> reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
> Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
> same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
>
> 8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
> completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
> trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
> organization that owned it.
>
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
>
> 10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
> was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
> only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
> by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
> of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
> this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
>
Mark Brader
Dec 1, 2020, 12:31:18 AM12/1/20
to
Mark Brader:
except the name of GM Place in Vancouver, mentioned in question #9.
It's now the Rogers Arena.
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
5th Av. 4_for Dan_Blum, Joshua, Dan_Tilque, and_Pete.
> 2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
> eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
> campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
> (or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
Boulevard de Maisonneuve.
"Westbound" there is in terms of Montreal street grid directions.
Grid west is physically southwest.
> 3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
> Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
> from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
> the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
Piazza Venezia. ("Venice" was acceptable.)
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
Smithsonian Institution headquarters/administration/visitor
information office; Smithsonian "Castle". ("Smithsonian" was
insufficiently specific; *all* of the buildings mentioned in the
question are parts of the Smithsonian Institution.) 4_for Dan_Blum,
Joshua, and_Pete.
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
St. James's Park. 4_for Pete.
> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
> Plaza del Congreso.
Plaza de Mayo. 3_for Erland.
Erland guessed "Plaza de 25 Mayo" and then posted a followup
attempting to disqualify it from "almost correct" points on the
grounds that it had proved to be the actual name of a different place.
Thanks, but Google Maps does not know of any plaza of that name in
Buenos Aires -- other cities, yes -- so I'm giving the points.
> 7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
> train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
> a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
> the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
Circular Quay.
> 8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
> across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
> Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
> History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
> the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
> itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
> Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
Hofburg (or Imperial Palace). 4_for Pete.
> 9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
> you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
> Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
> Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
> of water. Name that body of water.
False Creek. (It's a bay.) 4_for Erland.
> 10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
> the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
> this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
> Name the park.
Champ-de-Mars. 4_for Erland.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
> This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
> and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
> out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
> or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
> of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
> had traveled alone.
> 1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
Fridtjof Nansen, the "Fram" ("Forward"). 4_for Erland.
> 2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
Frederick Cook. (The other, of course, was Robert Peary.).
4_for Joshua.
> 3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
> the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
> Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
Ralph Plaisted, snowmobile (Ski-Doo).
His expedition team included the nephew of the inventor of the
snowmobile.
> 4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
> to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
> flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
> is disputed by some.
(The aptly named) Richard Byrd. 4_for Dan_Blum. 2_for Pete.
> 5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
> two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
> never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
> most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
> of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
> of the Arctic islands and passages.
John Franklin. 4_for Dan_Blum and_Dan_Tilque.
The remains of his ships were found in 2014 and 2016.
> 6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
> the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
> reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
> route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
> Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
> named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
Robert McClure.
> 7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
> Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
> in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
> reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
> Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
> same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
Roald Amundsen, the "Gjöa" ("Gull").
It's "Gjöa" and not the Norwegian spelling "Gjøa" because Norway
was still part of Sweden when they left. See question #A2 of
Game 2, Round 10.
> 8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
> completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
> trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
> organization that owned it.
Henry Larsen, "St. Roch", Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
4_for Dan_Tilque.
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
He let it be believed that he was going to the Arctic. 4_for Joshua
and_Pete. 3_for Dan_Blum.
"Some other location" was too non-specific for full points, I decided.
Amundsen had intended exploring the Arctic Ocean and perhaps trying
for the North Pole, and he'd obtained all his funding and equipment --
and the use of the "Fram" -- on that basis. After Peary allegedly
reached the North Pole, Amundsen decided to try for the South Pole
instead. But he chose to ask for forgiveness rather than permission,
keeping the change of plans a secret even from most of his crew.
> 10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
> was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
> only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
> by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
> of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
> this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
Cross Antarctica.
They were rescued by whalers based 800 miles away on South Georgia I.
But first they had to contact the whalers, without radios -- so
it was necessary to *go* to the island. Which meant *rowing* the
whole distance in one of the ship's lifeboats, a 20-foot open boat,
across the stormy Antarctic waters. So Shackleton and 5 other men
did that, but they reached the opposite side of the island from the
whaling station. Rather than go back to sea, three of them then
*walked* 30 miles through mountainous, snow-covered wilderness to
reach the whaling station.
ObMovie: "Shackleton" (2002) starring Kenneth Branagh. In the movie,
there is this exchange when they arrive at the whaling station:
"I am afraid that we smell a little."
"This is a whaling station. We all smell a little."
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Art Ent Geo His
Dan Blum 20 32 8 11 71
Pete Gayde 36 8 16 6 66
Joshua Kreitzer 7 40 8 8 63
Erland Sommarskog 28 0 11 4 43
Dan Tilque 4 4 4 8 20
--
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Toronto | "Something must be done, this is something, therefore
m...@vex.net | we must do it." -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
Despite the use of """ marks, nothing in this round has changed --
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Geography - Urban Landmarks
> Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes
> they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent
> places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient.
except the name of GM Place in Vancouver, mentioned in question #9.
It's now the Rogers Arena.
> 1. In New York, name the road that """connects""" the Guggenheim
> Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State
> Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit
> them in that order.
> 2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road """parallels""" the
> eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec
> campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre
> (or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road.
"Westbound" there is in terms of Montreal street grid directions.
Grid west is physically southwest.
> 3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, """sits""" north of the Victor
> Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north
> from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of
> the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza.
> 4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall
> from west to east """are""" the Freer Gallery, the Austin
> M. Sackler Gallery, the African Art museum, and the Arts &
> Industries museum. Identify the building that sits just north
> of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, """is"""
> the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of
> the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its
> specific function or its nickname.
information office; Smithsonian "Castle". ("Smithsonian" was
insufficiently specific; *all* of the buildings mentioned in the
question are parts of the Smithsonian Institution.) 4_for Dan_Blum,
Joshua, and_Pete.
> 5. In London, this park """is""" bounded on its north by The Mall,
> and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west
> almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall.
> Name the park.
> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
> Plaza del Congreso.
Erland guessed "Plaza de 25 Mayo" and then posted a followup
attempting to disqualify it from "almost correct" points on the
grounds that it had proved to be the actual name of a different place.
Thanks, but Google Maps does not know of any plaza of that name in
Buenos Aires -- other cities, yes -- so I'm giving the points.
> 7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and its local
> train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's"""
> a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from
> the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge.
> 8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest
> across the Ring you """will""" find the Museum of Fine
> Art (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Natural
> History (Naturhistorisches Museum). To the west """is"""
> the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
> itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische
> Hofreitschule). Name the complex.
> 9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
> you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Museum of
> Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville
> Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body
> of water. Name that body of water.
> 10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
> the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter
> this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire.
> Name the park.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - History - Polar Explorers
> This round is about Arctic and Antarctic explorations in the 19th
> and 20th centuries. In the interest of fair credit, we point
> out that every one of the journeys in this round involved a team
> or crew of men, often sizable numbers of them; but in the interest
> of convenience, we will mostly speak as if the expedition leaders
> had traveled alone.
> 1. After sailing from Norway to Siberia in 1893, this explorer got
> his specially designed ship trapped deliberately in the oceanic
> pack ice, whose drift he hoped would take him near the North
> Pole. Instead it went mainly westward, over 1,000 miles in
> three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either*
> the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first
> expedition to reach the South Pole.
> 2. In 1909 two explorers each claimed to have been the first to
> reach the North Pole. The second of these claims was generally
> accepted at the time, although it's been disputed in later years.
> But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim,
> which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed
> as fraudulent.
4_for Joshua.
> 3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909,
> the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968.
> Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel.
His expedition team included the nephew of the inventor of the
snowmobile.
> 4. Which expedition leader claimed in 1926 to have been the first
> to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the
> flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but
> is disputed by some.
> 5. Name the explorer, then aged 59, who in 1845 set out with
> two shiploads of men in search of the Northwest Passage, and
> never returned. Numerous search expeditions were then conducted,
> most of them returning no information whatever about the fate
> of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge
> of the Arctic islands and passages.
The remains of his ships were found in 2014 and 2016.
> 6. During the search for <answer 5>, this explorer traveling from
> the west came within sight of a location that had previously been
> reached from the east, thus confirming one relatively direct
> route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster
> Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait
> named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him.
> 7. The first expedition to actually traverse the Northwest
> Passage reached Alaska's north coast in 1905 and the Pacific
> in 1906. In between, the leader traveled 500 miles inland to
> reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect.
> Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the
> same museum as the <answer 1 ship>.
It's "Gjöa" and not the Norwegian spelling "Gjøa" because Norway
was still part of Sweden when they left. See question #A2 of
Game 2, Round 10.
> 8. The first ship to traverse the Northwest Passage *eastward*
> completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return
> trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the
> organization that owned it.
4_for Dan_Tilque.
> 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception
> that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first.
> What was it?
and_Pete. 3_for Dan_Blum.
"Some other location" was too non-specific for full points, I decided.
Amundsen had intended exploring the Arctic Ocean and perhaps trying
for the North Pole, and he'd obtained all his funding and equipment --
and the use of the "Fram" -- on that basis. After Peary allegedly
reached the North Pole, Amundsen decided to try for the South Pole
instead. But he chose to ask for forgiveness rather than permission,
keeping the change of plans a secret even from most of his crew.
> 10. One of those who failed to reach the South Pole before Amundsen
> was Ernest Shackleton. In 1914 he returned to Antarctica
> only to see his ship, ironically named "Endurance", crushed
> by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat
> of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in
> this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what?
They were rescued by whalers based 800 miles away on South Georgia I.
But first they had to contact the whalers, without radios -- so
it was necessary to *go* to the island. Which meant *rowing* the
whole distance in one of the ship's lifeboats, a 20-foot open boat,
across the stormy Antarctic waters. So Shackleton and 5 other men
did that, but they reached the opposite side of the island from the
whaling station. Rather than go back to sea, three of them then
*walked* 30 miles through mountainous, snow-covered wilderness to
reach the whaling station.
ObMovie: "Shackleton" (2002) starring Kenneth Branagh. In the movie,
there is this exchange when they arrive at the whaling station:
"I am afraid that we smell a little."
"This is a whaling station. We all smell a little."
Scores, if there are no errors:
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Dan Blum 20 32 8 11 71
Pete Gayde 36 8 16 6 66
Joshua Kreitzer 7 40 8 8 63
Erland Sommarskog 28 0 11 4 43
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Erland Sommarskog
Dec 1, 2020, 1:55:11 PM12/1/20
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
>> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
>> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
>> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
>> Plaza del Congreso.
>
> Plaza de Mayo. 3_for Erland.
>
> Erland guessed "Plaza de 25 Mayo" and then posted a followup
> attempting to disqualify it from "almost correct" points on the
> grounds that it had proved to be the actual name of a different place.
> Thanks, but Google Maps does not know of any plaza of that name in
> Buenos Aires -- other cities, yes -- so I'm giving the points.
But the question also said that there was a street with the same name.
>> 6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that """is""" bordered by
>> the Casa Rosada (the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the
>> Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the
>> plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the
>> Plaza del Congreso.
>
> Plaza de Mayo. 3_for Erland.
>
> Erland guessed "Plaza de 25 Mayo" and then posted a followup
> attempting to disqualify it from "almost correct" points on the
> grounds that it had proved to be the actual name of a different place.
> Thanks, but Google Maps does not know of any plaza of that name in
> Buenos Aires -- other cities, yes -- so I'm giving the points.
> It's "Gjöa" and not the Norwegian spelling "Gjøa" because Norway
> was still part of Sweden when they left. See question #A2 of
> Game 2, Round 10.
>
Norway was never part of Sweden, but it was part of Sweden-Norway. It
was a union where Norway ran most of their own business, but not all.
And while they had - still have - a bit of problem on how the written
standard of Norwegian should be, that had very little to do with Swedish
legacy. (But a lot to do with Danish legacy.)
I don't know much about the boat, but I note that the Swedish article
in Wikipedia has it as Gjøa.
Mark Brader
Dec 1, 2020, 8:23:49 PM12/1/20
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Mark Brader:
England. :-)
> I don't know much about the boat, but I note that the Swedish article
> in Wikipedia has it as Gjøa.
It's preserved at the Fram museum in Oslo, which I visited in 1990 and
again in 2005. I was surprised to find this photo on their web site:
http://frammuseum.no/filarkiv/expeditions/nwp/gjoa_i_san_francisco043_large.jpg
showing the spelling "Gjøa". This led me to project the slides
I took on both visits (see signature quote) showing the ship.
The one in 1990 also clearly shows the spelling "Gjøa", and that's
the way I recorded it when I indexed the slides from that trip.
On the one I shot in 2005, it's less clear which way the O is
decorated (as an English-speaker might say), I think this is also
"Gjøa". When I indexed those slides, I recorded it as "Gjöa",
but that wasn't until some years after the trip itself.
Conclusion: It was always "Gjøa", and I don't know where I got the
other spelling from. Apologies to all.
Of course this did not affect the scoring of the round.
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>> It's "Gjöa" and not the Norwegian spelling "Gjøa" because Norway
>> was still part of Sweden when they left.
Erland Sommarskog:
>> was still part of Sweden when they left.
> Norway was never part of Sweden, but it was part of Sweden-Norway. It
> was a union where Norway ran most of their own business, but not all.
Next thing you're going to tell me that Scotland was never part of
> was a union where Norway ran most of their own business, but not all.
England. :-)
> I don't know much about the boat, but I note that the Swedish article
> in Wikipedia has it as Gjøa.
again in 2005. I was surprised to find this photo on their web site:
http://frammuseum.no/filarkiv/expeditions/nwp/gjoa_i_san_francisco043_large.jpg
showing the spelling "Gjøa". This led me to project the slides
I took on both visits (see signature quote) showing the ship.
The one in 1990 also clearly shows the spelling "Gjøa", and that's
the way I recorded it when I indexed the slides from that trip.
On the one I shot in 2005, it's less clear which way the O is
decorated (as an English-speaker might say), I think this is also
"Gjøa". When I indexed those slides, I recorded it as "Gjöa",
but that wasn't until some years after the trip itself.
Conclusion: It was always "Gjøa", and I don't know where I got the
other spelling from. Apologies to all.
Of course this did not affect the scoring of the round.
--
Mark Brader | "Europe contains a great many cathedrals, which were
Toronto | caused by the Middle Ages, which means they are very old,
m...@vex.net | so you have to take color slide photographs of them."
| -- Dave Barry
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 2, 2020, 2:21:43 PM12/2/20
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Next thing you're going to tell me that Scotland was never part of
> England. :-)
It was many years since I read about this, but wasn't the case for
> Next thing you're going to tell me that Scotland was never part of
> England. :-)
a while around year 1300?
By the way, there is one part of Norway that has been part of Sweden,
to wit what was then known as Trondheims Län. It lasted from 1658 to 1660.
(And then there are parts of Sweden that once were in Norway.)
/Erland
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