Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Science - Human Organs
> For this round we will give you the name of a human organ, and
> you will identify its number on the handout:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-7/organ.jpg
> Note: The correct answers are all numeric. Four callouts on the
> diagram were unlabeled in the original game; I've added letters
> A-D for the benefit of people who want to play the decoys.
This was the easiest round in the original game, and the
third-easiest of the entire season.
> 1. Stomach.
#15. 4 for everyone -- Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Björn, Erland,
Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 2. Appendix.
#8. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Björn, Erland, Stephen,
and Calvin.
> 3. Ureter.
#7. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Erland, and Stephen.
> 4. Trachea.
#2. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Calvin.
> 5. (Urinary) bladder.
#9. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Björn, Erland, Stephen,
and Joshua.
> 6. Liver.
#4. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Pancreas.
#16. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, and Stephen.
> 8. Thyroid.
#1. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 9. Spleen.
#14. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, and Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
2 for Calvin.
> 10. Gall bladder.
#5. 4 for Dan, Bruce, Peter, Marc, Björn, Erland, and Stephen.
3 for Calvin.
> So there were 13 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and name the
> organs for fun, but for no points. Answers may repeat.
> 11. A.
Superior vena cava. Bruce got this. Peter was close; the vena cava
is the short blood vessel that both A and B flow into.
> 12. B.
Inferior vena cava. Bruce got this. Peter was close.
> 13. C.
Esophagus. Bruce and Peter got this.
> 14. D.
(Descending) aorta. Peter got this.
> 15. Eighteen.
Large intestine (colon). Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 16. Eleven.
(Ascending) aorta. Bruce and Peter got this.
> 17. Nineteen.
Rectum. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 18. Seventeen.
Small intestine. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 19. Six.
Kidney. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 20. Twelve.
Heart. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 21. Ten.
Urethra. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 22. Three.
Lung. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> 23. Thirteen.
Diaphragm. Bruce, Peter, and Marc got this.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Literature - Name That Poet
> We'll quote some famous lines of poetry; you tell us who wrote them.
> 1. I wandered lonely as a cloud
> That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
> When all at once I saw a crowd,
> A host of golden daffodils.
William Wordsworth. ("I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".) 4 for Dan,
Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 2. Storm'd at with shot and shell,
> Boldly they rode and well,
> Into the mouth of Hell
> Rode the six hundred.
Alfred Lord Tennyson. ("The Charge of the Light Brigade".)
4 for Dan, Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 3. If you can fill the unforgiving minute
> With sixty seconds' worth of distance run --
> Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
> And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man my son!
Rudyard Kipling. ("If".) 4 for Dan, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
> I took the one less traveled by,
> And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost. ("The Road Not Taken".) 4 for Dan, Bruce, Marc,
Björn, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 5. O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;
> The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won.
Walt Whitman. ("O Captain! My Captain!") 4 for Dan, Bruce, Marc,
Stephen, and Joshua.
> 6. If I should die, think only this of me;
> That there's some corner of a foreign field
> That is forever England.
Rupert Brooke. ("The Soldier".) 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 7. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
> Of things unknown but longed for still
> And his tune is heard on the distant hill
> For the caged bird sings of freedom.
Maya Angelou. ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".) 4 for Stephen.
> 8. This is the way the world ends
> Not with a bang but a whimper.
T.S. Eliot. ("The Hollow Men".) 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Joshua.
> 9. Every Night and every Morn
> Some to Misery are born.
> Every Morn and every Night
> Some are born to Sweet Delight,
> Some are born to Endless Night.
William Blake. ("Auguries of Innocence".) 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> 10. Look for me by moonlight,
> Watch for me by moonlight;
> I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
Alfred Noyes. ("The Highwayman".) 4 for Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Mis Ent Sci Lit FOUR
Stephen Perry 40 16 28 40 40 40 160
Joshua Kreitzer 40 3 40 32 19 32 144
Dan Blum 32 0 26 24 40 20 122
Marc Dashevsky 40 0 24 16 40 16 120
Peter Smyth 28 8 8 16 40 4 92
Bruce Bowler 40 0 -- -- 40 12 92
"Calvin" 12 0 23 16 25 20 84
Pete Gayde 32 8 18 12 -- -- 70
Erland Sommarskog 20 8 -- -- 24 0 52
Björn Lundin 8 8 8 0 20 4 44
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