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Mark Brader
Oct 17, 2011, 2:42:49 AM10/17/11
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
circumstances, and you name the inventor.
1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
although that name for it was invented by someone else.
2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
"pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
brine-soaked cardboard between.
4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
name the American inventor.
5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
Name him.
8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
Name this inventor.
9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
for the product in much of the world; name him.
10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
to rock"?
2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
and I see Sharon...")?
4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
of English?
5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
what show named for its human star?
6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I asked you for a *good* reason,
m...@vex.net | not a *terrific* one!" --Maxwell Smart (Agent 86)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
circumstances, and you name the inventor.
1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
although that name for it was invented by someone else.
2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
"pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
brine-soaked cardboard between.
4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
name the American inventor.
5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
Name him.
8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
Name this inventor.
9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
for the product in much of the world; name him.
10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
to rock"?
2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
and I see Sharon...")?
4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
of English?
5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
what show named for its human star?
6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I asked you for a *good* reason,
m...@vex.net | not a *terrific* one!" --Maxwell Smart (Agent 86)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 17, 2011, 4:18:42 AM10/17/11
to
On Oct 17, 1:42 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Carrier
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Captain Kangaroo
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
(I wouldn't be surprised if there was more than one correct answer to
this question)
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
(note: "Sesame Street" had a song like this in the "Baker" segments,
but the lyrics don't match exactly)
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Oct 17, 2011, 5:39:34 AM10/17/11
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Montgolfier
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
>
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
>
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
>
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
>
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
>
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
>
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
>
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
>
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
>
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
>
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
Dan Tilque
Nale: Sabine, find us a lair, somewhere we can hole up for 2 to 3 weeks.
Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258
Joachim Parsch
Oct 17, 2011, 7:17:10 AM10/17/11
to
Mark Brader schrieb:
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Montgolfier.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
>
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
>
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
>
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
>
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
>
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
Bruce Bowler
Oct 17, 2011, 8:11:59 AM10/17/11
to
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:42:49 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days. For further information see my 2011-09-22 companion
> posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in 1906,
> and became known as "the father of air conditioning", although that
> name for it was invented by someone else.
Carrier
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on
> your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and
> place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days. For further information see my 2011-09-22 companion
> posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in 1906,
> and became known as "the father of air conditioning", although that
> name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual ascent
> by a person into the air. One of the brothers had noted that laundry
> drying over a fire often formed pockets and billowed upwards. Their
> surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a "pile"
> which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there is some
> evidence that he might have ordered them made in 1779 by an English
> optician living in Paris. In any case, name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton fiber. There
> had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that the
> institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of the cotton gin
> didn't get rich from it, because of patent infringements, but he did
> after he also invented a process of manufacturing interchangeable
> musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely. This
> Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap to detonate
> nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing nitro with
> diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder. It was patented in
> 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that prevented
> elevators from falling even if the cables broke. After its successful
> demonstration at the Crystal Exposition in New York, he formed an
> elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924 he
> developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry for all
> sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and patents for $22
> million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the Postum Company, who then
> formed General Foods Corporation. Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying newsprint
> ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This process had actually
> been patented 50 years earlier as a device to mark leather, but it
> wasn't properly exploited then. The Hungarian inventor's name has
> become the generic term for the product in much of the world; name
> him.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937 he
> produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person who
> wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky, and I see
> Sharon...")?
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out of
> English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
Peter Smyth
Oct 17, 2011, 1:28:19 PM10/17/11
to
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:Y56dna1GTcn0UwbT...@vex.net...
>* Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
>In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
>circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
>1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
>2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Montgolfier
Sesame Street
Peter Smyth
news:Y56dna1GTcn0UwbT...@vex.net...
>* Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
>In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
>circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
>1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
>2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
>3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
Volta, Ampere
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
>4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
Benjamin Franklin
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
>5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
>
>6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
Alfred Nobel
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
>
>6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
>7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
Otis
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
>8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
Clarence Birdseye
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
>9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
Laszlo Biro
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
>10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
The Teletubbies
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 17, 2011, 3:40:26 PM10/17/11
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
Volta
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Blum
Oct 17, 2011, 3:46:54 PM10/17/11
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> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Carrier
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
Birdseye; Bird
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Captain Kangaroo
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Oct 17, 2011, 6:21:00 PM10/17/11
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Mark Brader:
> > Name this inventor.
Dan Blum:
> Birdseye; Bird
Nicely reasoned. Of course, at least one of them is wrong.
--
Mark Brader | "Strong typing isn't for weak minds; the argument
Toronto | 'strong typing is for weak minds' is for weak minds."
m...@vex.net | -- Guy Harris
> > Name this inventor.
Dan Blum:
> Birdseye; Bird
Nicely reasoned. Of course, at least one of them is wrong.
--
Mark Brader | "Strong typing isn't for weak minds; the argument
Toronto | 'strong typing is for weak minds' is for weak minds."
m...@vex.net | -- Guy Harris
Calvin
Oct 17, 2011, 6:38:27 PM10/17/11
to
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:42:49 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Westinghouse
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
>
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
--
cheers,
calvin
Rob Parker
Oct 17, 2011, 10:52:13 PM10/17/11
to
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Carrier
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Bob The Builder (?)
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
Rob
Dan Blum
Oct 17, 2011, 10:56:23 PM10/17/11
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> > > Name this inventor.
>
> Dan Blum:
> > Birdseye; Bird
> Nicely reasoned. Of course, at least one of them is wrong.
I'm fairly sure they're both wrong, but I can't think of anything else.
> Mark Brader:
> > > Name this inventor.
>
> Dan Blum:
> > Birdseye; Bird
> Nicely reasoned. Of course, at least one of them is wrong.
Stan Brown
Oct 17, 2011, 11:11:04 PM10/17/11
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:42:49 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Carrier?
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Pete
Oct 18, 2011, 9:00:13 AM10/18/11
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:Y56dna1GTcn0UwbT...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Montgolfier
>
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
>
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
Benjamin Franklin
>
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
Whitney
>
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
Nobel
>
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
Otis
>
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
Birdseye
>
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
Bic
>
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
Evinrude
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
Friendly Giant
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Captain Kangaroo
>
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
Romper Room
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
Chez Helene
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
Shari Lewis??
>
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
Topo Gigio
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
Finnegan?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
Sesame Street
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
Teletubbies
>
Pete
news:Y56dna1GTcn0UwbT...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
>
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
>
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
>
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
>
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
>
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
>
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
>
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
>
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
>
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
>
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
>
Pete
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 19, 2011, 5:00:19 PM10/19/11
to
On 10/17/2011 2:42 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Montgolfier
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
>
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
>
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
>
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
>
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
>
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
>
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
>
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
>
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
>
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss
>
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
Sesame Street
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
>
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
>
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
--Jeff
Mark Brader
Oct 20, 2011, 12:54:01 AM10/20/11
to
Mark Brader:
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Joachim, Peter, Dan Blum, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
Alessandro Volta. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Joachim, Bruce, Erland,
Dan Blum, Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Peter.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
Benjamin Franklin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Joachim, Bruce, Peter,
Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
Eli Whitney. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
Alfred Nobel. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Joachim, Bruce,
Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
Elisha Otis. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Peter, Erland,
Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
Clarence Birdseye. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Peter, Calvin, Rob, Stan,
Pete, and Jeff. 3 for Dan Blum (yes!).
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
Laszlo Biro. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Joachim, Peter, Dan Blum,
Calvin, Rob, and Stan.
Marcel Bich founded the Bic company, but did not invent the ballpoint
pen.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
Joseph Bombardier. These days his company also makes planes and
trains.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
The Friendly Giant (Bob Homme). 4 for Pete.
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Captain Kangaroo. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Stan,
Pete, and Jeff.
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
"Romper Room". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Pete.
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
"Chez Hélène". 4 for Pete.
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
"The Shari Lewis Show". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Rob, Stan,
Pete, and Jeff.
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
The mouse puppet Topo Gigio. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Rob, and Pete.
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
"Razzle Dazzle".
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
Ernie Coombs.
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
"Sesame Street". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Pete, and Jeff.
One entrant said the words in the question are not quite right.
I don't know.
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
"Teletubbies". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Peter, Dan Blum,
Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 36 24 60
Pete Gayde 24 32 56
Bruce Bowler 28 20 48
Stan Brown 36 12 48
Dan Blum 35 12 47
Jeff Turner 28 16 44
Dan Tilque 28 12 40
Rob Parker 28 8 36
Peter Smyth 27 8 35
"Calvin" 28 0 28
Joachim Parsch 20 0 20
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 12
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Just because it's correct doesn't
m...@vex.net make it right!" -- Jonas Schlein
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-28,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
Willis Carrier. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Rob, and Stan.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Inventors and Inventions
> In each case we'll describe an invention and something about the
> circumstances, and you name the inventor.
> 1. This man invented the air conditioner, in the US in 1902,
> one year after he graduated from Cornell. He patented it in
> 1906, and became known as "the father of air conditioning",
> although that name for it was invented by someone else.
> 2. The hot-air balloon was invented by two brothers, in France
> in 1782. The following year it was used for the first actual
> ascent by a person into the air. One of the brothers had
> noted that laundry drying over a fire often formed pockets
> and billowed upwards. Their surname is sufficient.
Dan Tilque, Joachim, Peter, Dan Blum, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 3. The electric storage battery was invented in Italy in 1800 by
> this professor of physics. In earlier years he had invented a
> "pile" which bears his name and produced electric current:
> it consisted of alternating disks of zinc and copper with
> brine-soaked cardboard between.
Dan Blum, Calvin, Stan, and Jeff. 3 for Peter.
> 4. The bifocal lens was invented in the US by this multi-talented
> American. The date usually given is 1784, though there
> is some evidence that he might have ordered them made in
> 1779 by an English optician living in Paris. In any case,
> name the American inventor.
Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 5. Invented in the US in 1793, the cotton gin automated the
> separation of cotton seeds from the short-staple cotton
> fiber. There had been earlier devices that removed seeds,
> but this one facilitated the mass production of cotton --
> and incidentally made cotton plantations so profitable that
> the institution of slavery was extended. The inventor of
> the cotton gin didn't get rich from it, because of patent
> infringements, but he did after he also invented a process
> of manufacturing interchangeable musket parts.
Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 6. Nitroglycerine, or nitro, was invented by an Italian in
> 1846, but was too volatile and unstable to be used safely.
> This Swedish engineer and inventor invented a blasting cap
> to detonate nitro, and in 1866 he invented dynamite by mixing
> nitro with diatomaceous earth and shaping it into a cylinder.
> It was patented in 1867. Name the Swede.
Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 7. Elevating devices were in use as far back as the 3rd century
> BC, and powered elevators in the 19th century. This American
> inventor started work in 1852 on a braking device that
> prevented elevators from falling even if the cables broke.
> After its successful demonstration at the Crystal Exposition
> in New York, he formed an elevator manufacturing company.
> His device eventually made high-rise buildings practical.
> Name him.
Dan Blum, Calvin, Rob, Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
> 8. From the Inuit in Labrador this American inventor learned that
> fish frozen quickly at -40° tasted fresh when thawed. In 1924
> he developed a commercially viable process of flash-freezing
> pre-cartoned fish, thus beginning the frozen food industry
> for all sorts of products. In 1929 he sold his company and
> patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs (yes, them) and the
> Postum Company, who then formed General Foods Corporation.
> Name this inventor.
Pete, and Jeff. 3 for Dan Blum (yes!).
> 9. In 1938 this Hungarian journalist, with the help of his
> brother, invented the ballpoint pen by using quick-drying
> newsprint ink and a small ball bearing at the tip. This
> process had actually been patented 50 years earlier as a
> device to mark leather, but it wasn't properly exploited then.
> The Hungarian inventor's name has become the generic term
> for the product in much of the world; name him.
Calvin, Rob, and Stan.
Marcel Bich founded the Bic company, but did not invent the ballpoint
pen.
> 10. This Canadian invented the snowmobile in 1922 when he was
> 15 years old, by attaching a Ford motor to a sled. In 1937
> he produced his first real snowmobile, and in 1958-59,
> his biggest invention -- the Ski-Doo. Name him.
trains.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Children's Television
> This round will be easier if you're about the same age as the person
> who wrote it -- but, hey, quite a few of us in the league are.
> 1. Which host started his eponymous show by setting out three
> chairs, including "a rocking chair for someone who likes
> to rock"?
> 2. What was Bob Keeshan better known as?
Pete, and Jeff.
> 3. Which show featured the host looking into her mirror and
> pretending to see viewers (e.g., "I see Danny, I see Vicky,
> and I see Sharon...")?
> 4. Which show helped children learn French -- at least, if
> they were smarter than Suzie the Mouse, who never broke out
> of English?
> 5. Lambchop, Charlie Horse, and Hush Puppy were regulars on
> what show named for its human star?
Pete, and Jeff.
> 6. Which frequent guest from Italy on the Ed Sullivan Show
> always said "I love you, Eddie" and never left without a kiss?
> 7. Which show starring Howard the Turtle was a bit unusual in
> the '60s for being taped in front of a live audience?
> 8. What was Mr. Dressup's real name?
> 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
One entrant said the words in the question are not quite right.
I don't know.
> 10. What BBC show became familiar even to childless adults when
> Jerry Falwell claimed one of the characters was gay?
Stan, Pete, and Jeff.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 36 24 60
Pete Gayde 24 32 56
Bruce Bowler 28 20 48
Stan Brown 36 12 48
Dan Blum 35 12 47
Jeff Turner 28 16 44
Dan Tilque 28 12 40
Rob Parker 28 8 36
Peter Smyth 27 8 35
"Calvin" 28 0 28
Joachim Parsch 20 0 20
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 12
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Mark Brader, Toronto "Just because it's correct doesn't
m...@vex.net make it right!" -- Jonas Schlein
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 20, 2011, 2:14:35 AM10/20/11
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On Oct 19, 11:54 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> > 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> > Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> "Sesame Street". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Pete, and Jeff.
>
> One entrant said the words in the question are not quite right.
> I don't know.
The song clip can be viewed at:
>
> > 9. On what show would you sooner or later hear "Five! Five!
> > Five! Five! That's a lot of five! How many is five?"
>
> "Sesame Street". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Pete, and Jeff.
>
> One entrant said the words in the question are not quite right.
> I don't know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fzCnTg3kkA
It sounds to me like they're singing "Let's sing a song of five"
instead of "That's a lot of five" (from around 0:18 to 0:29 of the
video).
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Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 20, 2011, 1:01:46 PM10/20/11
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