Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 10 is over and this time it's the *other* Dan! Dan! Dan!
Congratulations to DAN BLUM, who, if there are no errors, has
squeaked out a win by 3 points over Joshua Kreitzer.
> I wrote both of these rounds.
If you can call the way I constructed Round 9 "writing", that is.
The title and preamble were mine, anyway.
> * Game 10, Round 9 - Science - Tanquam e Naribus Leonem
> When Johann Bernoulli saw how the problem of the brachistochrone
> had been solved, he immediately identified the anonymous author as
> Isaac Newton, remarking in Latin: "I recognize the lion by his paw".
> In this round you will similarly have to identify the type of each
> animal -- but not by its paw. Here's your handout:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-9/leonem.jpg
> In all cases on this round the one-word common term will be
> sufficient; for example, zebra, not Grevy's zebra. And, credit
> where due: both the concept and the photo array are taken directly
> from
sporcle.com.
Specifically, from:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/julsie0823/pictures_animals
> Here I'm rearranging the questions in order by picture. There were
> 10 decoys, some of them very easy; identify these if you like for
> fun, but for no points.
> 1. A (decoy)
Lion. (Tanquam e naribus leonem.) Peter, Jason, Bruce, and Pete
got this.
> 2. B (decoy)
Elephant. (Tanquam e naribus elephantum.) Peter, Jason, Bruce,
and Pete got this.
> 3. C (decoy)
Pig. (Tanquam e naribus porcum.) Peter, Jason, Bruce, and Pete
got this.
> 4. D.
Dog. (Tanquam e naribus canem. It's a bloodhound, but I'm accepting
any breed here. In the original game you would have been asked for
"less specific".) 4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Erland, Gareth, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 5. E.
Rabbit. (Tanquam e naribus cuniculum.) 4 for Peter, Björn, Joshua,
Dan Blum, Jason, Gareth, Bruce, and Pete. 2 for Calvin.
> 6. F (decoy)
Cow. (Tanquam e naribus vaccam.) Peter, Jason, Bruce, and Pete
got this.
> 7. G (decoy)
Tiger. (Tanquam e naribus tigridem.) Peter, Jason, Bruce, and Pete
got this.
> 8. H.
Frog. (Tanquam e naribus ranam. I'm also accepting "toad". In the
original game, QMs were instructed to respond to that answer by making
a noise and saying "you wanna try that again?".) 4 for Peter, Jason,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
> 9. I.
Shark. (Tanquam e naribus pistricem. It's a great white.)
4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Calvin, Bruce, and Pete.
> 10. J.
Bear. (Tanquam e naribus ursum. It's a grizzly.) 4 for Björn,
Marc, Gareth, and Bruce.
> 11. K (decoy)
Eagle. (Tanquam e naribus aquilam. It's a bald eagle.) Bruce
and Pete got this.
> 12. L (decoy)
Squirrel. (Tanquam e naribus sciurum.) Bruce got this.
> 13. M.
Mole. (Tanquam e naribus talpam. It's a star-nosed mole, probably
the weirdest nose among mammals.) 4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Marc,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 14. N.
Horse. (Tanquam e naribus equum.) 4 for Björn, Joshua, Marc,
Calvin, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Gareth.
> 15. O.
Raccoon. (Tanquam e naribus procyonem#.) 4 for Dan Blum.
3 for Gareth.
> 16. P.
Walrus. (Tanquam e naribus odobenum#.) 4 for Björn, Dan Blum,
Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Gareth.
> 17. Q (decoy)
Giraffe. (Tanquam e naribus camelopardalem.) Jason and Bruce
got this.
> 18. R (decoy)
Vulture. (Tanquam e naribus vulturem.) Bruce and Pete got this.
> 19. S (decoy)
Koala. (Tanquam e naribus phascolarctam#.) Nobody got this,
although the koala was guessed for some other answers.
> 20. T.
Rhinoceros. (Tanquam e naribus rhinocerotem.) 4 for Björn, Dan Blum,
Jason, Marc, Calvin, Bruce, and Pete.
The three animals marked # were, of course, not known in ancient
Rome; in these cases my Latin is based on the likely inflection of
their modern genus names.
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Trials and Challenges
> The categories for this round are: Trials, Trial, Try Al,
> Challenged, Challenging, and Challenges.
> * A. Literature: Trials
> In 2013 the Journal of the American Bar Association convened a
> panel to name the 25 best law-related novels of all time. #1 on
> the list was "To Kill a Mockingbird". We will ask about two others.
> A1. This novel by Charles Dickens, #3 on the list, features
> a seemingly endless trial over an inheritance: the case of
> Jarndyce versus Jarndyce, or as they would pronounce it in
> England, "Jarndyce and Jarndyce". Name it.
"Bleak House". 4 for Peter, Joshua, Marc, and Calvin. 3 for
Dan Blum.
> A2. Novel #6 on the list is by Herman Melville. An inarticulate
> young seaman falsely accused of a crime throws a single punch
> at his accuser, an officer named Claggart--and Claggart dies.
> Captain Vere has no option under the law but to try the
> sailor for murder. Name the book.
"Billy Budd". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> * B. History: Trial
> B1. After World War II ended, leading figures in the Nazi
> regime were put on trial as "major war criminals" by an
> "International Military Tribunal" in Nuremberg. Why not
> in Berlin?
The city was so damaged in the war that no sufficiently large
courthouse was in usable condition. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Gareth,
Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.
> B2. The trial of "major war criminals" was only the first of
> a series of 12 prosecutions at Nuremberg, but it is the one
> we're asking about. 21 men faced charges such as war crimes,
> crimes against humanity, and waging aggressive war, and a
> 22nd man who could not be found was tried "in absentia".
> Of the 22, 3 were acquitted; 7 were sentenced to prison,
> and 12 to death. Name *any one* of the 12 who were sentenced
> to death.
Martin Bormann, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Hermann Goering,
Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von
Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart,
Julius Streicher. 4 for Peter, Björn, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque,
and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
Goering committed suicide before the execution, and the missing
Bormann turned out to have been dead all along. The other 10 were
hanged on 1946-10-16.
As to the wrong answers: Karl Dönitz was sentenced to 10 years.
Heinrich Himmler committed suicide soon after he was captured.
And Adolf Eichmann was also missing, and was not tried in absentia;
but the Israelis eventually captured him in 1960, tried him in 1961,
and executed him in 1962.
> * C. Entertainment: Try Al
> These questions will each be about a specific movie. We won't
> give you the title, but we won't ask you for it either; you'll
> have to name someone who appears in the movie.
> C1. Name the singer and actor who in 1927 uttered the famous
> line: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard
> nothing yet!"
Al Jolson (in "The Jazz Singer"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason,
Marc, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
The movie was originally intended to have sound only for the musical
numbers, with dialogue conveyed by intertitles as was usual for silent
movies, and most of it was in fact made that way. Jolson's spoken
line was a last-minute addition.
> C2. Name the actor who in 1979, as a lawyer pushed past his
> breaking point, shouts to the judge: "*You're* out of order!
> *You're* out of order! The *whole trial* is out of order!"
Al Pacino (in "...and Justice for All"). 4 for Björn, Joshua, Jason,
Marc, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> * D. Canadiana: Challenged
> D1. Terry Fox became famous when he set out to cross Canada
> on foot -- which is to say, on his one remaining foot and a
> prosthetic limb -- only to fail because his cancer returned.
> Within 2, what year was that?
1980 (accepting 1978-82). 4 for Joshua and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum
and Calvin. 2 for Pete.
> D2. Another Canadian whose leg was amputated went on to become
> premier of his province. In his case it wasn't cancer
> but necrotizing fasciitis -- the "flesh-eating disease".
> Who was he?
Lucien Bouchard (Quebec premier 1996-2001).
> * E. Geography: Challenging
> E1. If you tried to travel from here to, say, Argentina, in an
> ordinary car, the farthest you could get is a town called
> Yaviza. The next 100 km (60 miles) or so is difficult
> country with swamps and forests that no one has ever found
> the money to put a road through, and for environmental
> reasons some feel it should never be done. Either give
> the name of this gap in the road system of the Americas,
> or just say what country Yaviza is in.
Darién Gap, Panama. 4 for Peter, Joshua (the hard way), Marc,
Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum and Calvin. 2 for Björn
and Gareth.
> E2. Another place where it's difficult to travel, though at
> least there are some roads these days, is a type of terrain
> that can be found in the southwestern part of South Dakota,
> among other places. In that particular place, you'll find
> a national park named for that type of difficult terrain.
> What is that name?
Badlands. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> * F. Sports: Challenges
> Some trophies, such as our league's Christmas Cup, are awarded
> on a regular basis to whichever contenders perform best on that
> occasion. But others are challenge trophies, meaning that for a
> contender to win the trophy, they must first declare a challenge
> and then beat the previous holder. These two questions are about
> challenge trophies.
> F1. This trophy was a challenge trophy for the first 20 years or
> so that it existed, and was contested over 40 times during
> that period. Today, though, it represents the annual
> championship of a single major sports league that did not
> even exist during that earlier era. Name the trophy.
Stanley Cup. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, Gareth, Dan Tilque,
and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
(Challenge trophy 1893-1914, awarded annually based on prearranged
playoffs between various leagues 1915-26, awarded annually based on
NHL playoffs since 1927.)
> F2. This trophy was first awarded in 1851 and its name
> commemorates its first winner. A few years later it was
> made a challenge trophy, but in about 160 years since then,
> it has only been contested 34 times. The 35th time will
> be next year in Bermuda. What trophy?
America's Cup. (Yacht racing.) 4 for Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum,
Erland, Marc, Gareth, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Mis Ent Can Lit Spo Sci Cha SIX
Dan Blum 40 36 28 0 27 0 28 36 195
Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 40 0 12 32 8 36 192
Pete Gayde 32 15 32 0 2 32 28 30 169
Marc Dashevsky 32 32 40 0 0 16 16 32 168
Gareth Owen -- -- 40 0 32 40 21 22 155
Dan Tilque 32 32 23 0 4 4 12 36 139
Bruce Bowler 24 24 32 0 -- -- 36 20 136
"Calvin" 15 0 23 0 4 40 21 28 131
Peter Smyth 31 16 -- -- 4 40 8 20 119
Björn Lundin 8 18 4 0 0 28 32 10 100
Jason Kreitzer 36 0 28 0 0 0 12 12 88
Erland Sommarskog 20 28 -- -- -- -- 4 8 60
Stephen Perry -- -- 36 12 -- -- -- -- 48
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