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Mark Brader
Aug 12, 2017, 12:53:25 AM8/12/17
to
I'll score the last set of Game 9 in a couple of hours, and those
questions remain open until then.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
number on the handout map:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
1. Mumbai (Bombay).
2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
3. Bhopal.
4. Hyderabad.
5. Jaipur.
6. Lucknow.
7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
8. Agra.
9. Ahmedabad.
10. Nagpur.
So there were 7 decoys, but no list of them was supplied to me.
Decode the rot13 if you would like to see the list of what cities
I think they are, and identify them on the map for fun, but for
no points.
11. Yhquvnan.
12. Fheng.
13. Puraanv (Znqenf).
14. Char.
15. Vaqber.
16. Cngan.
17. Xnache.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
1. This Canadian government agency is a leading player in
supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and
providing scientific and technical services. It also brings
you the official 1:00 time signal.
2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science
laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor.
3. This astrophysics institute is affiliated with <answer 1> and is
based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist
and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will
be sufficient.
4. It is the national organization for provincial and territorial
associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada.
The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding
exercise. What is its current name?
5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
But what is the full name of this agency?
6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
the chemical sciences.
8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
international cooperation in physics.
9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
focused on solving environmental and social problems.
10. This international environmental group has member organizations
in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
network.
--
Mark Brader "All this government stuff, in other words,
Toronto is not reading matter, but prefabricated
m...@vex.net parts of quarrels." -- Rudolf Flesch
My text in this article is in the public domain.
questions remain open until then.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
number on the handout map:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
1. Mumbai (Bombay).
2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
3. Bhopal.
4. Hyderabad.
5. Jaipur.
6. Lucknow.
7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
8. Agra.
9. Ahmedabad.
10. Nagpur.
So there were 7 decoys, but no list of them was supplied to me.
Decode the rot13 if you would like to see the list of what cities
I think they are, and identify them on the map for fun, but for
no points.
11. Yhquvnan.
12. Fheng.
13. Puraanv (Znqenf).
14. Char.
15. Vaqber.
16. Cngan.
17. Xnache.
* Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
1. This Canadian government agency is a leading player in
supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and
providing scientific and technical services. It also brings
you the official 1:00 time signal.
2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science
laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor.
3. This astrophysics institute is affiliated with <answer 1> and is
based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist
and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will
be sufficient.
4. It is the national organization for provincial and territorial
associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada.
The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding
exercise. What is its current name?
5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
But what is the full name of this agency?
6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
the chemical sciences.
8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
international cooperation in physics.
9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
focused on solving environmental and social problems.
10. This international environmental group has member organizations
in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
network.
--
Mark Brader "All this government stuff, in other words,
Toronto is not reading matter, but prefabricated
m...@vex.net parts of quarrels." -- Rudolf Flesch
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Aug 12, 2017, 1:27:51 AM8/12/17
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:3cGdnZnFAdRdFBPEnZ2dnUU7-
d_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
9
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
5; 6
> 4. Hyderabad.
3
> 5. Jaipur.
11; 15
> 6. Lucknow.
11; 15
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
8; 16
> 8. Agra.
17; 12
> 9. Ahmedabad.
1; 11
> 10. Nagpur.
4; 13
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
>
> From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
> or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
> in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
> organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
>
(I wonder if this question is much tougher than its writer thought it
was.)
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
National Institutes of Health
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
d_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
5; 6
> 4. Hyderabad.
3
> 5. Jaipur.
11; 15
> 6. Lucknow.
11; 15
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
8; 16
> 8. Agra.
17; 12
> 9. Ahmedabad.
1; 11
> 10. Nagpur.
4; 13
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
>
> From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
> or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
> in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
> organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
>
> 5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
(I wonder if this question is much tougher than its writer thought it
was.)
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 12, 2017, 7:43:16 AM8/12/17
to
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
9
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2.
9
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
> 3. Bhopal.
5.
> 4. Hyderabad.
3.
> 5. Jaipur.
11.
> 6. Lucknow.
7.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
4.
> 8. Agra.
17.
> 9. Ahmedabad.
1.
> 10. Nagpur.
3.
> 13. Puraanv (Znqenf).
10.
> 14. Char.
14.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
>
Greenpeace
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Blum
Aug 12, 2017, 9:41:54 AM8/12/17
to
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
9; 15
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
8; 16
> 3. Bhopal.
6; 5
> 4. Hyderabad.
13; 14
> 5. Jaipur.
2; 7
> 6. Lucknow.
11; 14
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
10; 4
> 8. Agra.
1; 5
> 9. Ahmedabad.
3; 4
> 10. Nagpur.
13; 3
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
National Institutes of Health
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
Union of Concerned Scientists
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
Greenpeace
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
9; 15
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
8; 16
> 3. Bhopal.
6; 5
> 4. Hyderabad.
13; 14
> 5. Jaipur.
2; 7
> 6. Lucknow.
11; 14
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
10; 4
> 8. Agra.
1; 5
> 9. Ahmedabad.
3; 4
> 10. Nagpur.
13; 3
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
> 5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
National Aviation and Space Administration
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Jason Kreitzer
Aug 13, 2017, 7:45:56 PM8/13/17
to
On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 12:53:25 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> I'll score the last set of Game 9 in a couple of hours, and those
> questions remain open until then.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
16
> I'll score the last set of Game 9 in a couple of hours, and those
> questions remain open until then.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
1.
> 3. Bhopal.
2.
> 4. Hyderabad.
3.
> 5. Jaipur.
4.
3.
> 5. Jaipur.
> 6. Lucknow.
5.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
6.
> 8. Agra.
7.
> 9. Ahmedabad.
8.
> 10. Nagpur.
9.
Calvin
Aug 13, 2017, 7:55:05 PM8/13/17
to
On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 2:53:25 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
15, 9
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
> 4. Hyderabad.
5, 7
> 5. Jaipur.
16, 8
> 6. Lucknow.
12, 17
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
3
> 8. Agra.
1, 6
> 9. Ahmedabad.
14, 13
> 10. Nagpur.
14, 13
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
>
> From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
> or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
> in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
> organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
>
> 1. This Canadian government agency is a leading player in
> supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and
> providing scientific and technical services. It also brings
> you the official 1:00 time signal.
>
> 2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science
> laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor.
>
> 3. This astrophysics institute is affiliated with <answer 1> and is
> based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist
> and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will
> be sufficient.
>
> 4. It is the national organization for provincial and territorial
> associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada.
> The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding
> exercise. What is its current name?
>
> 5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
>
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Aug 14, 2017, 1:58:09 AM8/14/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
9
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
> 4. Hyderabad.
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
11
> 5. Jaipur.
> 6. Lucknow.
1
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
7
> 8. Agra.
12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
>
>
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
>
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
>
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
>
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
--
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Aug 14, 2017, 2:13:16 PM8/14/17
to
In article <3cGdnZnFAdRdFBPE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
> 3. Bhopal.
> 4. Hyderabad.
> 5. Jaipur.
> 6. Lucknow.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
> 8. Agra.
6
NIH
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
Royal Society
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
>
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
Greenpeace
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
9
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
> 3. Bhopal.
> 4. Hyderabad.
> 5. Jaipur.
> 6. Lucknow.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
> 8. Agra.
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
>
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Pete Gayde
Aug 14, 2017, 8:57:11 PM8/14/17
to
> I'll score the last set of Game 9 in a couple of hours, and those
> questions remain open until then.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
15; 9
> questions remain open until then.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
>
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
>
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
2
> 3. Bhopal.
> 4. Hyderabad.
8; 13
> 5. Jaipur.
8; 16
> 6. Lucknow.
4; 14
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
3
> 8. Agra.
> 9. Ahmedabad.
12; 17
> 10. Nagpur.
1; 10
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
>
>
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
National Institutes of Health
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
>
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
>
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
>
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
>
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
>
Pete Gayde
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2 for Calvin and Pete.
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
#2. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 3. Bhopal.
#8. 3 for Pete.
> 4. Hyderabad.
#3. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Jason.
> 5. Jaipur.
#5.
> 6. Lucknow.
#12. 3 for Calvin.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
#4. 4 for Erland. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 8. Agra.
#6. 4 for Marc. 2 for Calvin.
> 9. Ahmedabad.
#11. 2 for Joshua.
> 10. Nagpur.
#13. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua and Calvin.
> So there were 7 decoys, but no list of them was supplied to me.
> Decode the rot13 if you would like to see the list of what cities
> I think they are, and identify them on the map for fun, but for
> no points.
> 11. Ludhiana.
#1.
> 12. Surat.
#15.
> 13. Chennai (Madras).
#10. Erland got this.
> 14. Pune.
#14. Erland got this.
> 15. Indore.
#16.
> 16. Patna.
#7.
> 17. Kanpur.
#17.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
> From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
> or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
> in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
> organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
In the original game, this was the hardest round in the entire season.
> 1. This Canadian government agency is a leading player in
> supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and
> providing scientific and technical services. It also brings
> you the official 1:00 time signal.
National Research Council.
> 2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science
> laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
> 3. This astrophysics institute is affiliated with <answer 1> and is
> based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist
> and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will
> be sufficient.
Gerhard Herzberg (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics).
> 4. It is the national organization for provincial and territorial
> associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada.
> The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding
> exercise. What is its current name?
Engineers Canada.
> 5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
National Institutes of Health. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
Royal Society of Chemistry. (Not the Royal Society: different group.)
3 for Dan Tilque.
By the way, the Royal Society, or in full the Royal Society of
London for Improving Natural Knowledge, goes back to 1660 -- its
early presidents included Isaac Newton.
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
Union of Concerned Scientists. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
Friends of the Earth was the expected answer, but Greenpeace comes
close to meeting the description also. Both groups took some time
to be formed, both during the period 1969-72, and both have branches
in dozens of countries, although Greenpeace has a fewer and the
self-description mentioned is indeed that of FOE. Greenpeace is an
advocacy group and not exactly a scientific organization like most
answers in this round, but then so is FOE. So I've decided to score
Greenpeace as almost correct. So, 3 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 24
Pete Gayde 9 11 20
Dan Blum 8 11 19
Erland Sommarskog 16 3 19
Dan Tilque 8 10 18
"Calvin" 13 3 16
Marc Dashevsky 8 3 11
Jason Kreitzer 4 0 4
--
Mark Brader "The great strength of the totalitarian state
Toronto is that it will force those who fear it
m...@vex.net to imitate it." -- Hitler (alleged)
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
#9. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 2 - Geography - Cities in India
> We will give you the name of a city in India, and sometimes a
> former name in parentheses. You will answer with that city's
> number on the handout map:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg
> 1. Mumbai (Bombay).
2 for Calvin and Pete.
> 2. Kolkata (Calcutta).
#2. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 3. Bhopal.
#8. 3 for Pete.
> 4. Hyderabad.
#3. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Jason.
> 5. Jaipur.
#5.
> 6. Lucknow.
#12. 3 for Calvin.
> 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore).
#4. 4 for Erland. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 8. Agra.
#6. 4 for Marc. 2 for Calvin.
> 9. Ahmedabad.
#11. 2 for Joshua.
> 10. Nagpur.
#13. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua and Calvin.
> So there were 7 decoys, but no list of them was supplied to me.
> Decode the rot13 if you would like to see the list of what cities
> I think they are, and identify them on the map for fun, but for
> no points.
#1.
> 12. Surat.
#15.
> 13. Chennai (Madras).
#10. Erland got this.
> 14. Pune.
#14. Erland got this.
> 15. Indore.
#16.
> 16. Patna.
#7.
> 17. Kanpur.
#17.
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Science - Scientific Organizations
> From the clues, name the scientific organization, agency,
> or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international
> in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the
> organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient.
> 1. This Canadian government agency is a leading player in
> supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and
> providing scientific and technical services. It also brings
> you the official 1:00 time signal.
> 2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science
> laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor.
> 3. This astrophysics institute is affiliated with <answer 1> and is
> based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist
> and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will
> be sufficient.
> 4. It is the national organization for provincial and territorial
> associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada.
> The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding
> exercise. What is its current name?
> 5. This high-profile US government agency is well known, and
> its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including
> one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym.
> But what is the full name of this agency?
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 6. Nearly 150 scientists who went on to be sole or shared winners
> of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government
> agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical
> research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000.
> 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal
> Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in
> the chemical sciences.
3 for Dan Tilque.
By the way, the Royal Society, or in full the Royal Society of
London for Improving Natural Knowledge, goes back to 1660 -- its
early presidents included Isaac Newton.
> 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with
> 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote
> international cooperation in physics.
> 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this
> non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be
> focused on solving environmental and social problems.
> 10. This international environmental group has member organizations
> in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971
> and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental
> network.
close to meeting the description also. Both groups took some time
to be formed, both during the period 1969-72, and both have branches
in dozens of countries, although Greenpeace has a fewer and the
self-description mentioned is indeed that of FOE. Greenpeace is an
advocacy group and not exactly a scientific organization like most
answers in this round, but then so is FOE. So I've decided to score
Greenpeace as almost correct. So, 3 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Sci
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 24
Pete Gayde 9 11 20
Dan Blum 8 11 19
Erland Sommarskog 16 3 19
Dan Tilque 8 10 18
"Calvin" 13 3 16
Marc Dashevsky 8 3 11
Jason Kreitzer 4 0 4
--
Mark Brader "The great strength of the totalitarian state
Toronto is that it will force those who fear it
m...@vex.net to imitate it." -- Hitler (alleged)
Mark Brader
Aug 15, 2017, 1:05:17 AM8/15/17
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 5 Easy Pieces 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
This round concerns popular and relatively recent board games.
In each case, we will give the name of the game and you will
identify the picture on the handout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games3.jpg
If you find that format inconveniently wide, you may alternatively
use this version of the handout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg
1. Puerto Rico.
2. Carcassonne.
3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
4. Risk.
5. Clue.
6. King of Tokyo.
7. Codenames.
8. Forbidden Island.
9. Ticket to Ride.
10. Pandemic.
So there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to
identify them for fun, but for no points.
11. Dhvexyr.
12. Qbzvavba.
13. 7 Jbaqref.
14. Qvkvg.
15. Fznyy Jbeyq.
16. Ntevpbyn.
17. Rkcybqvat Xvggraf.
18. Nexunz Ubeebe.
* Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies
Films made in Canada aren't always recognized in this country.
This round does its best to change that.
1. French-Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor Xavier
Dolan has become the toast of Cannes and other film festivals
in recent years. Dolan was already acclaimed as a director
when he made this 2014 feature about familial angst. It won
the Jury Prize at Cannes that year. Name it.
2. Directed by Bruce McDonald and released in 1996, this
mockumentary is about a fictional punk rock band touring
western Canada. What is its title?
3. Released in 1995, this feature-film debut of director Robert
Lepage is set in 1952 and concerns Quebec City as it awaits
the arrival of Alfred Hitchcock to shoot his movie "I Confess".
Name it.
4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around
a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec
church. What is it called?
5. Considered a classic of Canadian cinema, this 1971 drama features
a teenage boy as he accompanies his uncle, an undertaker,
to pick up the body of a similar-aged boy. Name it.
6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
accident. What is its title?
7. David Cronenberg's 1997 science-fiction/horror film centres
on Max, a sleazeball broadcaster who comes across a Malaysian
TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder.
He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly
changed. Name the film.
8. Yep, it had to be here. In this 1970 flick, Pete and Joey drive
to Toronto from Nova Scotia to look for jobs. Trouble ensues.
What is the movie's title?
9. Sarah Polley had a successful career as an actress, then turned
to direct and write movies to much acclaim, including garnering
an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for this
2006 film about a husband dealing with his wife's Alzheimer's.
Name it.
10. This 1982 biographical western tells the true story of Bill
Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901
and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains.
What is it called?
--
Mark Brader "It really was quite easy; it was the
Toronto explanations and banter that took
m...@vex.net all the time." --Steve Summit
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