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Mark Brader
Jul 25, 2012, 11:18:51 PM7/25/12
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Here is the final Current Events round from the Canadian
Inquisition season just ended, ending the Current Events
newsgroup game. As I have more than a season and a half's other
rounds still in hand that I haven't posted to the newsgroup,
I intend to skip over the fall season, so I probably won't be
posting any more Current Events rounds until January 2013.
As usual in the Final, this round has 15 questions.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
answers that were correct on those dates.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said and/or
of Smith & Guessin', and are used here by permission, but have
been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 1 - Current Events
1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
"Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
The surname is sufficient.
2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
writing partner.
3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
university had the first web address to end with .ca.
Name that university.
6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
and running red lights.
7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
of his classic movies is it based on?
11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
North America. What kind of fish is it?
12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
the requirement?
13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
$500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
the past?
15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Mark Brader | "I'm here to give you the whole truth. All printed
Toronto | dictionaries of English are wrong. ... Deal with it."
m...@vex.net | --Geoffrey K. Pullum
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Inquisition season just ended, ending the Current Events
newsgroup game. As I have more than a season and a half's other
rounds still in hand that I haven't posted to the newsgroup,
I intend to skip over the fall season, so I probably won't be
posting any more Current Events rounds until January 2013.
As usual in the Final, this round has 15 questions.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
answers that were correct on those dates.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said and/or
of Smith & Guessin', and are used here by permission, but have
been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
For further information see my companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Final, Round 1 - Current Events
1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
"Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
The surname is sufficient.
2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
writing partner.
3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
university had the first web address to end with .ca.
Name that university.
6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
and running red lights.
7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
of his classic movies is it based on?
11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
North America. What kind of fish is it?
12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
the requirement?
13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
$500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
the past?
15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Mark Brader | "I'm here to give you the whole truth. All printed
Toronto | dictionaries of English are wrong. ... Deal with it."
m...@vex.net | --Geoffrey K. Pullum
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 26, 2012, 12:51:31 AM7/26/12
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3N...@vex.net:
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Zanuck
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
Tom Davis
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
University of Toronto; McGill University
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Quebec; Ontario
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Aurora
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Damascus
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
"The Nutty Professor"
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
she's pregnant
(Is that her correct first name?)
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Fender
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3N...@vex.net:
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
(Is that her correct first name?)
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 26, 2012, 1:05:26 AM7/26/12
to
In article <Cemdnez6X5uGKo3N...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
Tom Davis
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Quebec
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Aurora
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Aleppo
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
Nutty Professor
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
She is pregnant
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Fender
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Zanuck
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Calvin
Jul 26, 2012, 1:08:56 AM7/26/12
to
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:18:51 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Hill
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
cheers,
calvin
Joachim Parsch
Jul 26, 2012, 2:15:05 AM7/26/12
to
Mark Brader schrieb:
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 26, 2012, 4:11:44 AM7/26/12
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
Twix
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Jul 26, 2012, 6:54:02 AM7/26/12
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Mayer
>
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
>
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
>
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
>
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
>
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
>
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 26, 2012, 9:59:50 AM7/26/12
to
In article <jur6ed$6re$1...@dont-email.me>, dti...@frontier.com says...
> Mark Brader wrote:
> > 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> > the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> > in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> > North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> sturgeon (no other river fish grows anywhere near that size)
Damn. I could have used that logic. I just wasn't thinking.
> > 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> > the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> > in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> > North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> sturgeon (no other river fish grows anywhere near that size)
Peter Smyth
Jul 26, 2012, 4:33:04 PM7/26/12
to
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3N...@vex.net...
>* Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
>
>2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
>3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
>4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
Kinder Eggs
news:Cemdnez6X5uGKo3N...@vex.net...
>* Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
>1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
>
>2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
>3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
>4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
>6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Quebec, Ontario
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
>6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
>7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
>8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Denver
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
>8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
>9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Damascus
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
>10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
>11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
Carp
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
>11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
It has been neutered
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
>14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
She is pregnant
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
>14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
>15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
>
Peter Smyth
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
>
Calvin
Jul 26, 2012, 6:09:41 PM7/26/12
to
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:08:56 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:18:51 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
>
>
>> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>>
>> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
>> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
>> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
>> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
>> The surname is sufficient.
>
> Hill
He *directed* The Sting.
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:18:51 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
>
>
>> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>>
>> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
>> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
>> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
>> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
>> The surname is sufficient.
>
> Hill
>> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
>> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
>> Name that university.
>
> Berkeley
"The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made."
--
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen
Jul 27, 2012, 1:31:23 AM7/27/12
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the son of
> a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his own as producer of
> films such as "The Sound of Music", "Patton", "The French Connection",
> "The Sting", and "Jaws". The surname is sufficient.
Zanuck
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the son of
> a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his own as producer of
> films such as "The Sound of Music", "Patton", "The French Connection",
> "The Sting", and "Jaws". The surname is sufficient.
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score by Marvin
> Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one of his classic movies
> is it based on?
[Rupert Holmes as in "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"? - Cool]
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in the Fraser
> River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne in weight, it is the
> largest fish ever caught for sport in North America. What kind of
> fish is it?
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of the costs of
> adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane Society -- if the animal
> meets a certain criterion. What is the requirement?
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO -- the
> fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life made this
> appointment especially newsworthy, and might have prevented her from
> winning such a high-profile position in the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic strife
> in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan, Bruce
> Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Jeffrey Turner
Jul 28, 2012, 12:01:19 AM7/28/12
to
On 7/25/2012 11:18 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Goldwyn
>
>
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
>
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
--Jeff
Pete
Jul 28, 2012, 8:21:33 PM7/28/12
to
>
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
>
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
>
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
>
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
>
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
>
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
>
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
>
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
>
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
>
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
>
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
>
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
>
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
>
Pete
Rob Parker
Jul 28, 2012, 9:09:29 PM7/28/12
to
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
>
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
University of Toronto; University of Ottawa
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Rob
swp
Jul 28, 2012, 11:07:09 PM7/28/12
to
On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:18:51 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
zanuck
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
swp
Mark Brader
Jul 28, 2012, 11:55:17 PM7/28/12
to
Mark Brader:
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
Richard Zanuck. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Gareth, Pete, and Stephen.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
Tom Davis. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, and Stephen.
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
Celeste Holm. 4 for Joachim, Pete, and Stephen.
She was also nominated for "Come to the Stable" and won the Oscar for
"Gentleman's Agreement".
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
Kinder Surprise "eggs" (chocolate eggs each containing a toy).
4 for Peter, Gareth, and Stephen.
Wikipedia says they are sold "all over the world excluding the
United States".
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
University of Prince Edward Island. 4 for Stephen.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
Alberta.
11 entrants guessed a total of 6 of the 9 wrong provinces and part
of another.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
Danzig St. 4 for Stephen.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Aurora. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Calvin, Joachim, Erland, Dan, Gareth,
Jeff, Pete, Rob, and Stephen.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
Aleppo. 4 for Marc, Erland, Dan, Gareth, Pete, and Stephen.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
"The Nutty Professor". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Calvin, Pete, Rob,
and Stephen. 3 for Gareth.
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
White sturgeon. 4 for Dan and Stephen.
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
It must be black. (Black animals aren't adopted as quickly as
others.)
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
Enbridge. (The Northern Gateway pipeline.) 4 for Stephen.
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
She's 6 months pregnant. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Calvin, Joachim,
Erland, Peter, Pete, and Stephen. 2 for Gareth.
As noted by one or more entrants, it's Marissa, not Melissa.
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
Fender. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Calvin, Dan, Gareth, Jeff, Pete, Rob,
and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 25 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 24 156
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 32 144
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 28 143
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 -- 123
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 52 119
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 8 109
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 16 96
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 12 90
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 16 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 12 83
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 8 78
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 12 66
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
In the original games, the *four* easiest rounds in all categories
in the entire season (not including the Final) were all current
events rounds. The two easiest ones (tied) were the ones from
Games 5 and 7, followed by the ones from Games 2 and 3 in that order.
Thank you all for playing. We will now continue with non-current-events
rounds from Game 4 from the preceding season.
--
Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++
Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax:
m...@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan,
And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-07-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
> changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
> answers that were correct on those dates... For further information
> and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
> changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
> see my companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
Congratulations to GARETH OWEN, who wins the current events game!
> (QFTCI*)".
> * Final, Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Name the Hollywood producer who died this week. He was the
> son of a famous movie mogul, but achieved success on his
> own as producer of films such as "The Sound of Music",
> "Patton", "The French Connection", "The Sting", and "Jaws".
> The surname is sufficient.
> 2. Name the long-time writer for "Saturday Night Live" who died
> this week at age 59. He was Senator Al Franken's long-time
> writing partner.
> 3. Name the American actress who died last week at age 95.
> A star of Broadway, Hollywood, and TV, she achieved fame
> in as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" and was nominated for Best
> Supporting Actress in "All About Eve".
She was also nominated for "Come to the Stable" and won the Oscar for
"Gentleman's Agreement".
> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
4 for Peter, Gareth, and Stephen.
Wikipedia says they are sold "all over the world excluding the
United States".
> 5. It's the 25th anniversary of the domain .ca. A Canadian
> university had the first web address to end with .ca.
> Name that university.
> 6. According to an Angus Reid poll released this week, drivers
> in what province have been identified as the worst in Canada?
> Offenses include driving while multitasking, littering,
> and running red lights.
11 entrants guessed a total of 6 of the 9 wrong provinces and part
of another.
> 7. Name the street in Scarborough where a shooting rampage
> Monday left 2 dead and 23 injured.
> 8. Name the town in Colorado where a shooting rampage Saturday
> left 12 dead and anywhere between 59 and 70 injured.
Jeff, Pete, Rob, and Stephen.
> 9. Name Syria's largest city, the scene of fierce fighting last
> week between rebels and supporters of President Assad.
> 10. At age 86, comedian Jerry Lewis is directing a live stage
> production for the first time. It's a musical with a score
> by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Which one
> of his classic movies is it based on?
and Stephen. 3 for Gareth.
> 11. British tourists caught and released a monster fish in
> the Fraser River: at nearly 4 m long and almost half a tonne
> in weight, it is the largest fish ever caught for sport in
> North America. What kind of fish is it?
> 12. Royal Envelope of Concord, Ontario, will cover 50% of
> the costs of adopting a cat or dog from the Toronto Humane
> Society -- if the animal meets a certain criterion. What is
> the requirement?
others.)
> 13. Name the company that announced it will spend an additional
> $500,000,000 on safety features for a proposed project.
> 14. This week Yahoo appointed Melissa Mayer as its new CEO --
> the fifth in 6 years. What aspect of her personal life
> made this appointment especially newsworthy, and might have
> prevented her from winning such a high-profile position in
> the past?
Erland, Peter, Pete, and Stephen. 2 for Gareth.
As noted by one or more entrants, it's Marissa, not Melissa.
> 15. What company cancelled its IPO this week, blaming economic
> strife in Europe? Its products have been used by Bob Dylan,
> Bruce Springsteen, and Jimi Hendrix.
and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 25 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 24 156
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 32 144
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 28 143
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 -- 123
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 52 119
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 8 109
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 16 96
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 12 90
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 16 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 12 83
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 8 78
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 12 66
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
In the original games, the *four* easiest rounds in all categories
in the entire season (not including the Final) were all current
events rounds. The two easiest ones (tied) were the ones from
Games 5 and 7, followed by the ones from Games 2 and 3 in that order.
Thank you all for playing. We will now continue with non-current-events
rounds from Game 4 from the preceding season.
--
Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++
Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax:
m...@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan,
And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
Calvin
Jul 29, 2012, 6:04:51 PM7/29/12
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:55:17 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
>> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
>> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
>> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
>> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> Kinder Surprise "eggs" (chocolate eggs each containing a toy).
Known is my household as "Kinder Disappointments".
--
cheers,
calvin
> Mark Brader:
>> 4. Two Seattle men returning from a trip to Vancouver were
>> detained by US Customs when they tried to take six of these
>> products across the border. In fact, the US has seized more
>> than 60,000 of them due to concerns over of a "non-nutritive
>> object" embedded in each one. What is this tasty treat?
>
> Kinder Surprise "eggs" (chocolate eggs each containing a toy).
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jul 29, 2012, 9:54:22 PM7/29/12
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Just noticed that I forgot to change the subject line for the
answers posting. Please see my previous posting in this thread
for the answers, but here's a repeat of the scores:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 25 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 24 156
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 32 144
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 28 143
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 -- 123
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 52 119
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 8 109
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 16 96
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 12 90
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 16 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 12 83
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 8 78
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 12 66
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader "They have computers, and they may have
Toronto other weapons of mass destruction."
m...@vex.net -- Janet Reno, 1998
answers posting. Please see my previous posting in this thread
for the answers, but here's a repeat of the scores:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE
Gareth Owen 0 20 20 12 10 12 31 12 16 4 25 158
Joshua Kreitzer 4 14 20 8 12 15 16 27 20 2 24 156
Pete Gayde 12 12 28 12 -- -- 28 20 -- -- 32 144
Marc Dashevsky 8 12 20 8 12 8 20 16 19 0 28 143
Dan Blum 8 16 16 6 19 8 16 18 16 6 -- 123
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 35 -- -- 52 119
Peter Smyth -- -- 12 12 8 12 23 16 12 6 8 109
Dan Tilque 0 4 4 16 4 8 16 16 12 4 16 96
Joachim Parsch 4 4 16 12 -- -- 11 16 12 3 12 90
"Calvin" 0 4 8 4 6 11 8 19 12 1 16 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 8 8 4 12 8 16 11 4 12 83
Jeff Turner -- -- 20 4 8 8 4 12 12 2 8 78
Rob Parker 0 10 3 14 0 11 8 8 -- -- 12 66
Bruce Bowler 0 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
Mark Brader "They have computers, and they may have
Toronto other weapons of mass destruction."
m...@vex.net -- Janet Reno, 1998
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